Firmware Engineer Job Sunnyvale area,California USA,Software Development

Duration: Long-Term Contract (2.5 years)

Pay Rate: $85-90/hr

About the Opportunity

Meta is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to support the Reality Labs organization at a leading global technology company. This team is developing next-generation Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) devices that are redefining how people connect and interact with the world.

This engineer will play a key role in the development of embedded firmware for cutting-edge consumer hardware products. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in low-level embedded systems, microcontrollers, device drivers, and real-time firmware development.

What You'll Do

Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware for next-generation consumer electronics products
Develop low-level software, board support packages (BSPs), and device drivers
Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, validation, and root-cause analysis
Collaborate with firmware, hardware, electrical, systems, and product engineering teams
Optimize performance, reliability, and power consumption of embedded systems
Support integration of sensors, peripherals, and communication interfaces
Create technical documentation for firmware architecture and implementation

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Strong embedded firmware development experience using C/C++
Experience with Nordic MCUs and/or STM
32 microcontrollers
Proven experience developing production-quality firmware for low-power, real-time embedded systems
Strong understanding of ARM Cortex M0/M3/M4 architectures
Experience with:
USB
SPI
I2C
UART
GPIO
MIPI CSI/DSI
Low-level debugging and device driver development experience
Experience bringing up embedded hardware platforms
Background working on consumer electronic products
Experience with RTOS environments such as Zephyr

Nice to have

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) experience
Zigbee or other wireless protocol experience
Ability to read schematics and work closely with hardware teams
Experience supporting wearable, AR/VR, IoT, or other consumer hardware products

Why Join?

Work on breakthrough AR/VR technologies
Partner with world-class hardware and firmware teams
Influence products from concept through production
Be part of one of the most innovative consumer technology organizations in the world