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Embedded Software Engineer, Firmware

Meta· Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA$154k - $217kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Embedded firmware design, development, and optimization for AR/VR/wearable devices, including kernel-level components, drivers, and connectivity protocols; collaboration with silicon, hardware, and algorithm teams to drive power management, performance, and innovative technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement software components at all layers of the system, including kernel, synchronization primitives, resource allocators, memory management, security, I/O systems, persistence, etc
  • Develop drivers and services that operate efficiently in constrained environments and deliver large volumes of data with low-latency and high-bandwidth
  • Lead hardware bring-up, peripheral drivers and communication, silicon integration, and power and performance management and optimization efforts
  • Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues that span multiple layers from kernel to application
  • Profile performance problems and drive optimizations across the entire software stack
  • Analyze, design, develop, and debug firmware for a wide variety of devices, including novel sensing and imaging systems, haptic devices, and audio prototypes
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including silicon architects, hardware designers, OS team, and algorithm and model development teams
  • Understand and implement power-management, boot loaders, scheduling, inter-processor communication, computer vision, and firmware/system interfaces on RTOS and/or bare-metal environments
  • Design, develop, and architect models and infrastructure building blocks of Virtual Platforms, integrating internal models and vendor IP models

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years software development experience in industry settings or PhD with 2+ years of experience
  • 3+ years embedded software development experience in industry settings
  • Experience in large-scale C/C++ code base
  • Demonstrated experience working across disciplines to drive optimal solutions

Skills

Required:C/C++Embedded systems

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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