ALSO
Lead Firmware Engineer, Manufacturing
Palo Alto
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$50kDetected 29 days ago
Supply ChainEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- The team serves as the bridge between Product Firmware, Validation & Tools Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Operations, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.
- The ideal candidate has a strong embedded firmware background, experience supporting products through manufacturing ramp and sustaining, and a willingness to spend time onsite with suppliers and contract manufacturers as needed.
- The salary for this position ranges from $225,000 - $265,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and location.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain manufacturing firmware release, deployment, and update strategies across multiple manufacturing partners.
- Design robust firmware update and recovery processes for production environments.
- Lead development and support of manufacturing test software and test stations.
- Lead investigations into factory escapes, yield issues, production failures, and field-return trends, and manufacturing related firmware issues.
- Develop scalable processes that reduce recurring factory support burden on product engineering teams.
- Lead a small team of software engineers who bring a broad set of skills to work across multiple microcontrollers, products, and test station
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience developing embedded software or firmware for shipped hardware products.
- Experience supporting products through NPI, manufacturing ramp, and sustaining phases.
- Experience debugging complex hardware/software/system interactions.
- Experience working directly with contract manufacturers, suppliers, or factory teams.
- Strong understanding of firmware deployment, version control, production releases, and update mechanisms.
- Proven technical leadership experience, including leading projects or small engineering teams.
- Travel as required during NPI and production ramp (typically 25-40%), primarily within Asia.
- Experience with manufacturing test systems, automated test equipment, or production diagnostics.
- Experience supporting product certification and regulatory testing.
- Experience working with global supply chains and multiple contract manufacturers.
- BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Phenomenal communication skills enabling clear communication in both highly cross functional internal work as well as maintaining strong and productive relationships with our third party supply chain partners
- Experience developing factory firmware update and provisioning systems.
- Willingness to travel internationally as needed (20-40%) to support manufacturing partners, supplier qualification, production builds, and field issue investigations.
Compensation
- The salary for this position ranges from $225,000 - $265,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- Drive improvements in manufacturing test coverage, throughput, reliability, and diagnostics.
- Robust health coverage.
- Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by Also. with FSA & HSA options.
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
- Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.
- Flexible time off.
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