Senior Firmware Engineer - Bedford, MA, United States
$130,000 - $170,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing embedded software for high-speed, high precision sensor technology used in surgical robots, semiconductor, or industrial equipment.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain firmware code for sensor technology.
- Analyze, design, and implement signal processing and control loops (e.g., Automatic gain control, PID, Gain offset and phase correction) in embedded systems.
- Design, implement, and integrate embedded firmware in microcontrollers / MCUs for optimized performance and resource utilization.
- Implement low-level communication protocols (e.g., CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, BISS).
- Collaborate with hardware engineers, FPGA engineers, and systems engineers to define firmware requirements.
- Develop robust test benches and utilize lab tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for testing and validation.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in firmware engineering, focusing on MCU firmware design, development, and testing.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related advanced degree.
- Demonstrated experience using the C programming language in firmware.
- Demonstrated experience on signal processing (e.g., automatic gain control, PID, gain offset and phase correction).
- Demonstrated experience with communication protocols (e.g., CAN, BiSS, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet).
- Familiarity with digital and analog electronics, schematics, and oscilloscopes.
- Excellent software configuration management capabilities using revision control systems (Github).
- Demonstrated experience in Agile development methodologies and/or Kanban and associated tools (Atlassian [Jira]).
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 | Novanta | All employers we track in this specialty (734 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 734 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 19 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 53 d (−7 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.