Principal Firmware Engineer

Job Description

Pay Rate: $160k - $200k (estimate)

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Principal Firmware Engineer to join a team of engineers and develop innovative products for the consumer and healthcare markets. Lead team members to forge and maintain close working relationships with external contractors, suppliers, and vendors. Participate in firmware team contributions to the product concepting process with cross‑disciplined engineering teams, focusing on Industrial Design, User Experience, and Sustainability.

• Provides technical leadership and owns firmware in products within the Company’s portfolio, able to drive product development activities independently and with minimal襪 supervision
• Responsible for the overall firmware architecture of product development
• Write and contribute high‑quality code, including new features and bug fixes, to our repository
• Write test applications, programs, formal requirements, and relevant documentation
• Analyze systems and provide software support
• Estimate time required for coding tasks based on requirements and ensure timely follow‑through on assignments
• Collaborate with the testing team to promptly identify and repair bugs
• Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information
• Perform other job‑related duties as required

Compensation: up to $200k (possible flex., based on experience) + Benefits

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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• Firmware Engineer background with a 4‑year college degree or equivalent years of experience
• 5+ years Firmware Engineering design experience
• Strong embedded C programming skills
• Experience setting up and utilizing operating systems (Zephyr preferred; FreeRTOS)
• Experience with software development tools such as WSL, VS Code, West, CMake, GNU, GIT, Jira, etc.
• Experience working with electronic hardware, microcontrollers, serial communications (USART/I2C/SPI), embedded design, and low‑level debugging using JTAG and similar tools
• Can read and understand schematics
• Expert comprehension of Microsoft tools (Teams, Excel, Visio, Project, and Word)

• Experience with ARM processors
• Experience in hardware bring‑up
• Experience coding applications using radio communications, including cellular
• Experience with device productization and launch
• Ability to travel overseas approximately 10% of the time
• Understanding of IoT architecture
• General understanding of power management / optimization
• Working knowledge of product development processes, gates and execution

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, бул dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401(k) retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.