Firmware Engineering Management - Sparks, NV, United States
$131,500 - $223,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Firmware Engineering Manager leads firmware development for flow control products and supporting electronic systems. This role is responsible for managing firmware engineers, establishing development standards, defining firmware architecture direction, overseeing project execution, managing feature requests, supporting customer interactions, ensuring firmware quality and release readiness, and providing technical leadership for embedded product development.
What you'll do
- Lead and manage a team of firmware engineers responsible for embedded product development.
- Assign work, establish priorities, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion of firmware deliverables.
- Define and maintain firmware development workflows, coding standards, documentation requirements, and development best practices.
- Establish and oversee firmware quality processes including code reviews, design reviews, testing, defect management, release control, and configuration management.
- Provide technical leadership for firmware architecture, design decisions, implementation approaches, and long-term platform sustainability.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Product Management, Electronics Engineering, Manufacturing, and customers to define firmware requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation priorities.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8+ years of firmware, embedded software, or embedded controls development experience.
- 2+ years of engineering leadership or management experience.
- Strong experience developing embedded firmware using C and C++.
- Experience with microcontroller-based embedded systems and real-time control applications.
- Experience with standard microcontroller peripherals and communication interfaces including UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, ADC, PWM, CAN, Ethernet, EtherCAT, or similar technologies.
This role has been open 23 days — well below the 53-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
734
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$169k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ichor Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (734 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 734 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 3 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 23 d | 53 d (−30 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 120 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 65 open roles · median 35 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 85 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 59 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 46 open roles · median 38 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 32 open roles · median 32 d
How we counted: 734 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.