Embedded Software Firmware Engineer Jobs

SCG sits at the crossroads of design, architecture, marketing, and productization—owning the journey from the architecture stage through final product definition across Gaming, Datacenter, Automotive, and Embedded markets. As a System Verification CoDesign Engineer, you will work on system-level speed features, develop the verification collaterals and automation infrastructure to characterize and validate them, and lead debug of the complex silicon issues that stand between a program and on-time shipment. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who combines deep technical craft with the drive to compress cycle time using modern tooling—including AI—without losing rigor. What You’ll Be Doing: Collaborate cross-functionally with system architects, hardware, firmware/software, process/reliability, and operations teams to co-design system-level speed features and deliver industry-defining products. Understand system level behavior and speed reliability margins, bounding box constraints and identify solutions that optimize margins . Translate hardware features and architectural requirements into verification techniques that achieve full coverage across testing flows. Perform closed loop validation by correlat ing silicon behavior against timing simulation and design expectations; provide actionable feedback to improve future designs. Define, prototype, and refine pre- and post-silicon bring-up flows to ensure

About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe Terminal helps Stripe users extend their online presence into the physical world. The Terminal team’s mission is to make it as easy for businesses to accept in-person payments as the Stripe API has done for online payments. With Terminal, businesses can unlock in-person payments use cases that are right for their business model—whether it’s creating a flagship retail experience, extending their website to a pop-up store, or enabling a mobile point-of-sale at their next event. What we are looking for: As an Android BSP Engineer, you will be responsible for the kernel and driver level system development, which includes building, troubleshooting, and writing automated tests for the Android system on our embedded payments platforms. This team works closely with partner teams throughout the hardware and software product lifecycle, from hardware manufacturing to Android app teams. We also work with external vendors on part selection and initial hardware bring-up. What you’ll do: Bring up new devices and lead debugging and performance tuning exercises that span multiple hardware/firmware/software teams. Design, implement, and maintain drivers and Android services that operate efficiently in a constrained environment and meet the reliability and security requirements of the industry. Own the definition of one or more work streams focused on hardware bring-up, peripheral drivers and communication, and power and performance management and opti

About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe Terminal helps Stripe users extend their online presence into the physical world. The Terminal team’s mission is to make it as easy for businesses to accept in-person payments as the Stripe API has done for online payments. With Terminal, businesses can unlock in-person payments use cases that are right for their business model—whether it’s creating a flagship retail experience, extending their website to a pop-up store, or enabling a mobile point-of-sale at their next event. What we are looking for: As an Android BSP Engineer, you will be responsible for the kernel and driver level system development, which includes building, troubleshooting, and writing automated tests for the Android system on our embedded payments platforms. This team works closely with partner teams throughout the hardware and software product lifecycle, from hardware manufacturing to Android app teams. We also work with external vendors on part selection and initial hardware bring-up. What you’ll do: Bring up new devices and lead debugging and performance tuning exercises that span multiple hardware/firmware/software teams. Design, implement, and maintain drivers and Android services that operate efficiently in a constrained environment and meet the reliability and security requirements of the industry. Own the definition of one or more work streams focused on hardware bring-up, peripheral drivers and communication, and power and performance management and opti

For more than 30 years, SonicWall has delivered a partner-first unified cybersecurity portfolio that helps SMBs, MSPs, and IT teams consolidate network security, endpoint security, security service edge (SSE), and threat response across hybrid environments. By bringing connected technology, real-time threat intelligence, automation, and expert services together, SonicWall helps organizations simplify security operations, achieve better security outcomes, and lower total cost of ownership. Backed by a global ecosystem of more than 17,000 partners, SonicWall delivers enterprise-grade protection built for SMB and mid-market realities. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn , Facebook , and Instagram . About the Role SonicWall is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain the Content Filtering Service client embedded in SonicOS — the firmware running on SonicWall firewall appliances worldwide. This module intercepts live traffic, queries the CFS rating servers in real time, and enforces URL-based content filtering policies at the packet level. This is security-critical code: a policy bug is a traffic bypass on a deployed security appliance. The codebase is in C with a split Control Plane / Data Plane architecture, multi-blade cache synchronization, and multiple firmware version upgrade paths. Responsibilities Maintain, harden, and extend the CFS client module across both the control plane and data plane. Own the binary UDP protocol implementation between the firewall and the CFS rating servers, ensuring correctness and compatibility across protocol versions. Develop and maintain complete IPv4 and IPv6 support across all code paths. Own the firmware upgrade and migration paths, ensuring they are atomic, failure-safe, and correctly handle all supported version transitions. Improve reliability of inter-blade cache synchronization on multi-blade appliances. Collaborate with the server-side on coordinated

Hardware & Software Integration Engineer (Associate or Mid-Level) Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) is looking for an Associate or Mid-Level Hardware & Software Integration Engineer (Level 2 or 3) to join our exclusive team at the Starfire Optical Range on Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are seeking a highly skilled individual with experience in software design for hardware integration, and digital signal processing. This position will support the hardware, firmware, and software development of electro-optical systems. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to advancements in technology using cutting-edge equipment at a historically significant site. This position supports the R&D mission of the Air Force Research Laboratory Optics Division in their advancement of Space Domain Awareness capabilities. The site houses telescope research facilities ranging in size from 0.5m up to 3.5m with advanced optical systems. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting the development, optimization, and maintenance of embedded electro-mechanical pointing and tracking control systems. Starfire Optical Range is a world class research facility with recognized achievements, enabled by the quality, enthusiasm, and dedication of our entire team. Our team consists of engineers and technicians in all disciplines required to plan, design, integrate, and test complex optical, electronic, and quantum systems to achieve research objectives. Position Responsibilities: Support hardware and software research development projects Work in a team environment to develop specifications of firmware and software architectures Re

About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last mile logistics in the long term. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! About the Role We are hiring a Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer for our autonomy software team. This is a critical role to build robust and scalable validation for our firmware and systems to ensure reliability at every level. In this role, you will work with our electrical, firmware, and autonomy engineers to build the infrastructure and test suites required to validate the system. This includes designing and implementing our Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation environments and automation frameworks from the ground up. You will report to the Autonomy Platform Lead on our Autonomy Platform Team at DoorDash Labs. We expect this role to be hybrid with some time in-office and some time remote. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Play an integral role on a small and focused team. Design and build Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems to simulate vehicle dynamics and sensor data for comprehensive firmware and system-level validation. Develop automated test infrastructure and software tools to exercise multiple embedded platforms throughout our robot system. Interface many layers of our control system including vehicle controls, power management, and motion control to ensure seamless system integration. Implement low-level test sequences and validation algorithms to safely stress-test vehicle components such as batteries, drive-train, and thermal management devices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify edge cases and hardware-software corner cases that impact vehicle safety and performance. We’re excited about you because… BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field. 5+ years of experience in validati

About Ubiquiti At Ubiquiti Inc., we create technology platforms for Businesses, Smart Homes, and Internet Service Providers, driven by our goal to connect everyone, everywhere. To date, Ubiquiti has shipped over 100 million devices worldwide, from ISP networking products to next generation of IT solutions. Our growth is made possible by the dedicated team of hundreds behind the scenes. From software developers and product managers to designers and strategists, Team UI is driven to achieve our common goal: Rethinking IT. At Ubiquiti, you’ll heighten your potential and broaden your horizons - all while shaping the future of connectivity. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain network security features, including antivirus, SSL inspection, IDS/IPS, and content filtering in enterprise router firmware and software stacks. Develop deep packet inspection (DPI) and signature-based detection engines for identifying malware, exploits, and malicious traffic patterns. Integrate threat intelligence feeds and update mechanisms to ensure detection of evolving security threats. Ensure high-performance packet processing and minimal latency for real-time threat detection. Collaborate with product managers and system architects to define the security roadmap and feature priorities. Work with QA and DevOps teams to design test cases, validation frameworks, and automated regression testing for security features. Conduct vulnerability analysis, performance benchmarking, and optimization for security modules. Stay current with network security standards, protocols, and emerging threats. Requirement 5+ years of experience in embedded or network security software development. Understanding or hands-on experience with: SSL/TLS inspection and secure proxy implementations IDS/IPS, DPI, and packet inspection engines Content filtering via DNS restriction Antivirus and sandboxing Proficiency in C/C++, with strong knowledge of Linux networking stack and kernel modules. Familiarity wit

Comms & Sensor Systems Engineer/Scientist Company: The Boeing Company Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), Phantom Works is seeking a Comms & Sensor Systems Engineer/Scientist to join the Phantom Works Special Technology Integration team in Mesa, AZ . The successful candidate should have a working knowledge of electromagnetic systems, components, and applied physics; have significant knowledge and experience with implementing real-time embedded hardware, firmware, and software; have strong analytical skills, knowledge, and proficiency with physical modeling and simulation tools; and knowledge of advanced math and system modeling principles as applied to aerospace and electrophysical analysis. Position Responsibilities: Interpret highly dynamic or uncertain requirements to develop flexible embedded hardware and software systems within aggressive program schedules and budgets Remain application and product focused while simultaneously executing multiple technical aspects of vertically integrated designs Balance systems/software engineering best practices with cost, schedule, and system performance requirements Apply systems-level thinking and agile design practices to advance embedded system architectures Perform control system logic/algorithm, hardware, and software development tasks Provide end-to-end systems integration, test, and field support Work under experienced electrophysics engineer/scientists, software, and hardware engineers in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Take ownership of tasking from start to finish and demonstrate consistent initiative with ambiguous or unclear assignments Mainta

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops custom silicon and systems for advanced AI workloads. Our first-party accelerator team works across chip architecture, design, software, and systems to build the computing platforms that power frontier models. We are a small, dynamic team that values technical breadth, hands-on engineering, and creative approaches to building complex hardware. About the Role We’re looking for a SoC Engineer to help architect, design, and integrate OpenAI’s first-party AI accelerators. You will build the processor, interconnect, I/O, and platform infrastructure that connects our accelerator designs into complete, functional systems. This role combines architectural judgment with hands-on implementation. You’ll work closely with design, architecture, verification, and software teams throughout development, from defining subsystem requirements and integrating IP to pre-silicon validation, silicon bring-up, and post-silicon debug. You should enjoy stretching across domains, rolling up your sleeves, and doing the work needed to make a complex system function end to end. In this role, you will: Define and implement SoC architectures spanning embedded processors, AMBA interconnects, peripheral subsystems, PCI Express, Ethernet and die-to-die interfaces. Develop the microarchitecture and RTL design of subsystems supporting I/O and SoC functionality. Integrate Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-A processors, AXI/APB fabrics, and third-party controller IP, including the RTL and glue logic needed to connect these components. Develop reset and boot architectures, working with firmware and software teams to define sequencing, initialization, and survivability behavior. Incorporate debug, test, and security requirements into the SoC architecture and implementation, partnering with other silicon designers to make the silicon observable, testable, and secure. Drive PCIe and other I/O integration, including controller and PHY interfaces, high-speed SerDes,

EnCharge AI is a leader in advanced AI hardware and software systems for edge-to-cloud computing. EnCharge’s robust and scalable next-generation in-memory computing technology provides orders-of-magnitude higher compute efficiency and density compared to today’s best-in-class solutions. The high-performance architecture is coupled with seamless software integration and will enable the immense potential of AI to be accessible in power, energy, and space constrained applications. EnCharge AI launched in 2022 and is led by veteran technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor design and AI systems. About the Role EnCharge AI is looking for an Embedded SW Engineer to develop the firmware for our Edge AI processors. The candidate must possess an excellent understanding of computer architecture and operating system concepts including, but not limited to, memory management, virtualization and PCIe address space. The role includes designing and developing the core Firmware for various parts of the SOC. The candidate must possess strong communication skills to interface with Runtime, Architecture and H/W teams. Responsibilities Develop the critical pieces of EAI Firmware used to deploy inference jobs on EAI processors Validate different IP blocks on the SOC Evaluate and integrate third-party device drivers to interface with EnCharge’s SW stack Work closely with the Runtime, Hardware and Architecture teams define the driver architecture Qualifications Bachelors in EE/CS Advanced programming skills in C/C++ for operating system kernel & systems development Understanding of RISC-V architecture is a plus Exposure to PCIe BAR and IOMMU architecture Exposure to virtualization and hypervisor technologies Deep understanding of operating systems concepts, data structures, x86-64 and accelerator architectures Experience with low-level debug tools as well as emulators and simulators Experience running, analyzing, and tuning system performance benchmarks Excellent verb

Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation , more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it. You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. About the role As an embedded security engineer on the Device Security Team, you’ll work with an amazing team of security, firmware, and backend engineers entrusted with the mission of protecting our fleet of physical security products from threats. You’ll help define the security & privacy roadmap for Verkada’s devices, build tooling and software to measure & improve security posture, and partner closely with product teams to bake secure-by-design principles into our products. What You'll Do Develop & drive security requirements for the hardware and firmware that goes onto the devices we ship to our customers to improve the security of Verkada’s products and exceed customer expectations. Build security tooling to ensure secure development best practices. Perform red team/offensive assessments against firmware &

NVIDIA is searching for a highly motivated, creative engineer with experience in system and AI software to join the GPU System Software team. As someone who is hardworking and passionate about their work, you will design key aspects of our production GPU kernel drivers, embedded SW and SOC platforms. You should demonstrate the ability to excel in an environment with complex software and hardware designs. What you'll be doing: Define, design, develop and verify features for our new SoCs platforms, collaborating with hardware engineers and fellow software engineers. Follow the new SOC platforms all the way through the development process to the customer products that are used throughout the world. Be heavily involved with the early firmware, performance, power management, and all of system software required to produce our world-class products. Have multiple opportunities to collaborate and communicate effectively with teams across the globe. What we need to see: BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree, or equivalent experience. Strong C programming, C++, low-level driver, SOC system platform experience , and AI software design, arch and optimization. Familiarity with computer system architecture, microprocessor, and microcontroller fundamentals. Kernel experience with Linux, Android, Chrome, or Windows systems. Experience with complex

Zoox is looking for an AWS Cloud Security Engineer to lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and software-defined infrastructure in our AWS cloud environment. This role is responsible for establishing best-in-class security practices across AWS, driving automation-first infrastructure security, and partnering with engineering and platform teams to embed security into every layer of our technology stack. You’ll act as a security champion, ensuring that infrastructure designs meet the highest standards of confidentiality, integrity, and availability — while maintaining operational efficiency and scalability through Infrastructure as Code (IaC). In this role, you will: Define and own the multi-year security architecture and roadmap for Zoox's robots and fleet, spanning embedded/firmware, in-vehicle networks, cloud, and supporting infrastructure. Partner with hardware, firmware, autonomy, and infrastructure engineering teams to embed security requirements into system design from the ground up, rather than bolting them on after the fact. Lead threat modeling and architecture reviews for new vehicle platforms and major feature launches, identifying and prioritizing systemic risk across the fleet. Set technical standards and guardrails - secure boot, key management, network segmentation, update/OTA security, and more - and drive their adoption across engineering teams. Represent Product Security in cross-functional and leadership discussions, translating technical risk into business and safety impact for the organization. Qualifications 10+ years of experience in security engineering, including significant time in an architect, staff, or technical lead capacity. Deep expertise in embedded/IoT security, including secure boot, TPM/TEE, cryptographic key management, and hardened firmware/OS design. Demonstrated experience architecting security for complex, physical/cyber-physical sys

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform. About the Role We're seeking a Security Engineer to join our First-Party Hardware team. In this role, you will own the end-to-end security foundation for OpenAI's first-party AI hardware systems, working across hardware security, embedded security, system security, and practical deployment at data center scale. You will partner with silicon, hardware, firmware, infrastructure, manufacturing, operations, and security teams to define and deliver system-level device trust. This includes boot integrity, device identity, provisioning, attestation, management-plane security, storage encryption, debug controls, firmware update and recovery, RMA, and decommissioning. You will be accountable for turning threat models into requirements, requirements into implementation, and implementation into validation evidence that can support launch decisions. Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid: 3 days/week onsite) Relocation assistance available. In this role, you will: Own security requirements, threat models, validation strategy, and launch-readiness evidence for first-party hardware platforms from early design through production deployment. Design and review secure boot, measured boot, roots of trust, platform firmware resilience, firmware signing, recovery, and anti-rollback strategies across heterogeneous devices. Own device identity, provisioning, enrollment, attestation, certificate lifecycle, and key-management requirements across manufacturing and data center bring-up. Harden management

About Ubiquiti At Ubiquiti Inc., we create technology platforms for Businesses, Smart Homes, and Internet Service Providers, driven by our goal to connect everyone, everywhere. To date, Ubiquiti has shipped over 100 million devices worldwide, from ISP networking products to next generation of IT solutions. Our growth is made possible by the dedicated team of hundreds behind the scenes. From software developers and product managers to designers and strategists, Team UI is driven to achieve our common goal: Rethinking IT. At Ubiquiti, you’ll heighten your potential and broaden your horizons - all while shaping the future of connectivity. Requirements: 3+ years embedded firmware development experience with C / C++, Linux / Unix platform; Experience with ARM processors, embedded Linux; Experience working with H.265; Experience with Git, including merging and rebasing; Basic understanding of electronic circuits; Experience in embedded Linux systems (cross-build, flash, boot, system initialization, rootfs packaging, fault-tolerance, IPC, work with embedded filesystems), embedded distributions (Yocto,buildroot,OpenWRT); Good written and verbal English communication skills; Candidate needs to be in Kyiv (or consider relocation). Hybrid type of work. Will be a plus: Knowledge of Linux kernel; Experience with any SoC, preferrably multimedia-targeted; Video processing, streaming, encoding/decoding; Experience working with OpenCV; Image processing, tuning, enhancement; OOP/OOD, strong programming experience with C/C++; BS degree in Computer Science, or related engineering degree. Tools: ANSI C, Git, Linux kernel, embedded development tools (toolchain, OpenWRT, SW/HW debuggers, scripting). What do we offer: International work environment and work with global development teams; Excellent work conditions in an A-Class office (Horizon Park Business Center); Compensation package matching global standards; Flexible work hours (as required); Paid parki