$165,000–$210,000 Per Year
Principal Firmware Engineer
In Office | Westlake Village, California
Salary Range: $165,000 to $210,000
This is not a maintenance role. This is an ownership role.
We are looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer who can architect, lead, and deliver firmware for complex consumer and healthcare products. You will own firmware decisions end to end, from early concept through product launch and beyond, working closely with hardware, industrial design, UX, and external manufacturing partners.
If you thrive in embedded systems, enjoy solving hard problems at the hardware level, and want real influence over product direction, this role gives you that seat at the table.
What You Will Own
- Serve as the technical authority for firmware across multiple products
- Define and own firmware architecture from concept through production
- Lead product development efforts independently with minimal supervision
- Write high quality embedded code, including new features, enhancements, and bug fixes
- Develop test applications, formal requirements, and technical documentation
- Support system level analysis and troubleshooting across firmware and hardware
- Estimate development timelines and deliver against commitments
- Partner closely with test teams to identify, debug, and resolve issues quickly
- Collaborate with external contractors, suppliers, and overseas partners
- Maintain strict confidentiality of proprietary and sensitive information
- Support productization, manufacturing bring up, and global product launches
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