Embedded Firmware Architect

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Job Title:  Embedded Firmware Architect
Location: Greater Las Angeles County, CA
Job-Type:  Full-Time
Salary Range:  $165 – $185K
Referral Fee: $3,000

Position Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Embedded Firmware Architect to lead the technical design and development of scalable firmware solutions. You thrive in hands-on, fast-paced environments where innovation and experimentation are key to problem-solving. Your deep knowledge of embedded systems, communication protocols, and firmware development will play a pivotal role in delivering high-performance, reliable products. With strong leadership capabilities, you’ll guide and refine development processes, establish best practices, and set the technical standards for the team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead Firmware Development Lifecycle: Guide the firmware team through the full V-model product development process, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Architect Scalable Solutions: Define and drive the firmware architecture and development flow, including feature analysis, solution design, scoping, planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish Development Standards: Direct application development strategies by creating, defining, or selecting appropriate frameworks and standard methodologies.
• Component-Level Insight: Understand each component’s function within the firmware system and its interactions and dependencies, enabling robust and efficient architectural decisions.
• Modular Firmware Development: Design and develop modular, reusable firmware components across the product portfolio, including signal processing, instrumentation, DAQ systems, graphical user interfaces, and mobile application integration.
• Control Systems Engineering: Develop control systems from concept through implementation and validation, using tools such as MATLAB/Simulink or C when necessary.
• Firmware-Hardware Integration: Partner with hardware engineers to ensure seamless firmware integration with physical systems. Lead the design of diagnostic interfaces and support integration of new features into the firmware codebase.
• Functional Safety: Apply and support functional safety principles (e.g., ISO 26262) and contribute to safety analyses of complex vehicle subsystems.
• Validation and Testing: Develop comprehensive test plans; perform thorough debugging, performance tuning, and in-vehicle testing to ensure firmware reliability and quality across operating conditions. Assist in calibration efforts as needed.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and developers, fostering professional growth and ensuring engineering best practices.
• Code and Design Reviews: Lead and participate in design/code reviews and other engineering quality assurance activities to ensure adherence to high standards and consistency across the firmware stack.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 7+ years of hands-on embedded firmware development experience in RTOS environments
• Proficient in C, with working knowledge of C++, C#, Python, and MATLAB/Simulink
• Deep expertise in hard real-time systems, ARM architectures, and resource-constrained embedded systems
• Automotive firmware experience, including powertrain control and communication protocols (CAN, USB, UDS, J1979/2, LIN, SENT, J1850, ISO9141, automotive Ethernet)
• Strong understanding of gas and diesel engine control strategies, sensors, and actuators
• Experience across full product lifecycle, from design through validation, in cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with STMicro, NXP, Infineon, and Atmel processors; experience with multi-core architectures
• Solid grasp of hardware concepts and system-level integration
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Genuine passion for automotive performance and innovation

Employment Eligibility: Gravity cannot transfer nor sponsor a work visa for this position. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer directly (we are not open to contract or “corp to corp” agreements).
 

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