Senior Firmware Engineer

The role

You will develop firmware for low-power embedded microcontrollers to coordinate sensors, ensure security and privacy, and manage power subsystems. You will also design and develop firmware and embedded system architecture for ARM-based MCUs.

What you will do

• Design and develop firmware and embedded system architecture for leading-edge ARM-based MCUs
• Collaborate with EE, RF, Security, Cloud Services, and AI models team
• Bring up and debug new hardware in the lab
• Support builds at remote production sites
• Establish and manage performance metrics including code size, model performance, memory footprint, power consumption, and latency
• Coordinate development efforts with vendors, consultants, and manufacturing partners

Required qualifications

• 8+ years experience developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers
• Deep experience in embedded firmware with demonstrable knowledge in radio stacks (BT, BLE, Wi-Fi), sensor and audio pipelines, ARM MCU architecture
• Passionate about low‑power (<1mW sleep) systems, audio subsystem integration, and cloud‑connected embedded devices
• Proficient in FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, protocols, and unit test frameworks
• Comfortable working in large multi-developer codebases
• Ability to collaborate in a psychologically safe and healthy team environment

Nice to have

• Experience developing and debugging Qualcomm, STM32, Cypress/Infineon PSoC, or Nordic
• Experience shipping high-reliability production code
• Comfortable with low-level hardware debugging tools and techniques

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave

About the company

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. It combines startup agility with HP’s global scale to build intelligent technologies.