Staff Firmware Engineer

Your Impact We are looking for a Staff Firmware Engineer who will contribute to the success of the R&D Team, applying their expertise in firmware engineering to support the achievement of team and company goals and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. In this role, the successful candidate will collaborate effectively with colleagues and cross-functional teams, demonstrate strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, and maintain a commitment to professional excellence, quality and continuous improvement. The Role As a Staff Firmware Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical contributor within R&D, developing embedded firmware for the clients advanced instruments across the full product lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into robust, scalable, and secure firmware solutions, while providing technical leadership through architecture, design reviews, mentorship, and continuous improvement of development processes and tools. This role requires strong problem-solving skills, clear technical communication, and a commitment to quality, reliability, and engineering excellence. Job Responsibilities • Lead and/or participate in an Agile Scrum team, completing firmware work items in areas including communications interfaces, GUI interfaces and counting code. • Discover and capture requirements in conversations with stakeholders within and external to the company; develop design and engineering reference documentation • Gather and refine stories in the backlog; interfacing with the team and with management stakeholders to understand customer needs and technical needs and to discover and implement appropriate resolutions of items • Architect reusable solutions using object-oriented design in C++ or Rust • Improve our firmware processes and tools • Mentor and develop the team using trainings, feedback, and design discussions • Interface across multiple portions of the organization to anticipate and support engineering, marketing, manufacturing and service needs as required, driving quality in everything we do. • Continuously evaluate processes for improvements in efficiency, quality, and safety. • This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Responsibilities may evolve over time, and other related duties may be assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the company. Required Qualifications • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science. • Ten or more years of embedded firmware development experience. • Five or more years of experience as a technical lead or similar. • Experience serving as Scrum Master or Product Owner in an Agile environment. • Experience gathering and authoring requirements. • Demonstrated track record of process and tool improvement within an engineering environment. • Strong C++ or Rust programming language skills. • Object-oriented design skills. • Development experience with Embedded Linux at Application level. • Experience implementing software version control and bug tracking systems. • Ability to read and understand schematic diagrams. • Experience in cyber security. • Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers. • Excellent communication skills. Preferred Qualifications • Certified Scrum Master or Product Owner. • C programming language experience. • Expertise in Git, Jira, DevSuite, Jama, or similar. • Strong experience with QT, Linux Kernel and driver development. • ARM-based SoC firmware design. • Experience with TCP/IP, WiFi and Bluetooth protocol development. • AI and ML algorithm selection and application. Work Environment & Physical Requirements • This role primarily operates in an office/lab/manufacturing environment. • Must be able to sit, stand, and use a computer for extended periods of time. • This is a hybrid position, "in-office" approximately 50% of the time. • Occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs. may be required. • Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans The Know Your Rights poster is available here: The pay transparency policy is available here: For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AllSTEM Connections is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team. AllSTEM Connections participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program. We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Additional Skills (none specified) AllSTEM Representative Contact Info Account Executive: Broughton Branch Phone: (909) 244-1777 Location: Ontario, CA

Created: 2026-03-04