Senior Firmware Engineer, Opengear; Sandy, UT - Hybrid

Senior Firmware Engineer, Opengear (Sandy, UT - Hybrid)

Job Category: Engineering

Requisition Number: SRFIR
001525

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• Posted :
  January 26, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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Digi UT Sandy
9270 South 500 West
Suite L
Sandy, UT 84070, USA

Opengear keeps networks running smoothly with our Network Resilience Platform. Leveraging our Smart Out of Band solution and automation capabilities, users gain unparalleled presence and proximity to devices. By providing an independent management plane, the Network Resilience Platform ensures secure remote access, enabling connectivity from anywhere. This allows for the effortless deployment, management, and remediation of networks—on the First Day, Worst Day, and Every Day.

It's why over 75% of Fortune 500 companies trust us for their networks, whether on- or off-premises or in the cloud. Opengear is a global company with offices in Brisbane, Australia and Sandy, Utah.

Locations: Sandy, UT (Hybrid, three days per week).

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Sr Firmware Engineer with a passion for continuous improvement, who is eager to lead and mentor a team of engineers and ensure that our company's Dev Ops practices are world‑class. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of software development and deployment processes, experience in managing large‑scale, highly available systems, and expertise in automating and streamlining development, testing, and deployment workflows.

Opengear designs and manufactures products for data centre and remote site management. We are a rapidly growing supplier of sophisticated data centre, network and remote site management products. Our customers include tech unicorns and Fortune 100 companies. We are the leading supplier of out‑of‑band solutions for IT infrastructure management and are actively exploring new solutions for hyper‑scale data centre deployment and management.

We are a global company with offices in Brisbane, Australia and Sandy, Utah.

What We Offer

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Sr Firmware Engineer with a passion for continuous improvement, who is eager to lead and mentor a team of engineers and ensure that our company's Dev Ops practices are world‑class. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of software development and deployment processes, experience in managing large‑scale, highly available systems, and expertise in automating and streamlining development, testing, and deployment workflows.

This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role requiring strong technical problem‑solving, and cross‑functional collaboration.

• Design, implement, and bring up complete embedded systems based on existing architectures.
• Port, develop, and debug embedded Linux and bare‑metal hardware drivers.
• Develop onboard diagnostics and production test software to validate hardware during manufacturing and deployment.
• Analyze test and field data to identify failure trends and drive continuous product improvement.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, systems, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure robust system integration.
• Support firmware throughout the product lifecycle, including production, field deployment, and customer issue resolution.
• Optimize firmware for performance, reliability, power consumption, and manufacturability.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and contribute to technical documentation and best practices.
• Assist in implementing secure firmware features such as secure boot and OTA updates, as required.

• 5+ years of experience in embedded firmware development using C/C++ in embedded Linux, preferably with the Yocto Project. Rust experience applying the language to non‑trivial systems problems (professional, open source, or substantial personal projects).
• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Hands‑on experience designing, developing, and maintaining embedded Linux systems.
• Familiarity with wireless communication technologies, such as LTE and 5G.
• Experience developing firmware for ARM Cortex‑M microcontrollers, including use…