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Staff Firmware Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
131 days ago
Salary
$156K - $261.5K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Firmware Engineer
Life360
• Drive the development and maintenance of general firmware architecture across the device portfolio to ensure overall system health and stability. • Build the technical framework for on-device inference within resource-constrained firmware stacks. • Partner with Data Science to design the company's first hardware-optimized data sampling, preprocessing, and inference pipelines. • Drive the integration of new sensors to create the frameworks required for advanced context-awareness and predictive modeling. • Solve large-scale technical challenges and drive alignment between firmware, hardware, and researchers. • Provide high-impact mentorship to help the broader firmware organization grow its expertise in embedded ML and sensor fusion.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of firmware experience, taking complex consumer hardware from prototype through mass production.
- Proficient in C/C++, RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS), and low-level peripheral communication (SPI, I2C, DMA).
- Hands-on experience deploying TinyML models and optimizing inference on Cortex-M or similar architectures.
- Deep understanding of sensor data and building the signal processing pipelines required for ML features.
- A passion for squeezing maximum performance out of extreme constraints in power consumption and memory footprint.
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, and automating firmware pipelines.
- Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical strategy across teams and stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
- 401(k) plan with company matching program
- Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well-being
- Flexible PTO, 13 company-wide days off throughout the year
- Winter and Summer Weeklong Synchronized Company Shutdowns
- Learning & Development programs
- Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
- Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
- Free Tile Products
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