Firmware Engineer

Hybrid position in Lincolnshire, IL. Onsite 3 days per week (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays)

Pay: $60-$65/hour. W2 only.

Duration: 9 months with extensions based on client need and performance.

Analyzes, develops, designs, programs, debugs and implements embedded systems for the organization's products and systems. Develops testing and troubleshooting strategies, devices, and systems for firmware. Integrates firmware to maintain functionality, throughput and consistency. Develops user documentation.

• Leads requirements meetings for moderately complex firmware design projects.
• Completes all phases of moderately complex firmware design projects.
• Reviews firmware test results and root cause analysis. Resolves highly complex technical issues.
• Reviews changes or upgrades to existing firmware designs. Develops new solutions to unique problems.
• Identifies issues, and makes recommendations for complex problems.
• Makes modifications to or upgrades existing firmware designs via patches and generating new code. Enhances and improves existing technologies to apply to new solutions.
• Develops positive relationships with other company functions involved in the design, test, and implementation processes. Makes recommendations to immediate team to enhance performance and improve product quality.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

• Bachelor's degree is required. Master's degree is a plus.
• 6+ years of firmware design experience is required. (with a Master's degree, +4 years of experience)
• Must have experience in C and C++ in an embedded Linux OS.

• FreeRTOS experience
• Visual Studio experience
• MQTT