Wilcox Industries · 3 months ago
Senior Firmware Engineer
Newington, NH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expWilcox Industries develops innovative electro-mechanical combat systems for warfighters and law enforcement officers. They are seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to serve as the technical authority for firmware development, ensuring the delivery of best-in-class products while collaborating with various engineering teams and external partners.
ConsultingCRMGovernmentInformation TechnologyLegal
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Leads end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale or highly complex firmware projects (e.g., multi-processor systems, advanced RTOS, or bare-metal architectures)
Establishes standards for firmware modularity, reuse, and maintainability
Champions best practices for debugging, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and overall embedded development life cycle
Guides cross-team technical strategies (e.g., firmware build pipelines, release management)
Aligns firmware tasks with product requirements, collaborating with Hardware, Software, QA, Systems Engineering, and Program Management teams
Interact with external vendors or third-party engineering teams to evaluate components, SDKs, or toolchains
Influences firmware release processes and helps evaluate tools/technologies for continuous improvement
Aligns firmware tasks with product requirements, collaborating with Hardware, Software, QA, Systems Engineering, and Program Management teams
Coaches engineers across the organization; shapes career development plans for junior and mid-level firmware engineers
Leads design reviews, fosters knowledge-sharing sessions, and institutes continuous improvement initiatives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering/Computer Science required
7+ years of experience in a firmware engineering role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Regular on-site attendance is a necessary function of this position
Expert with Object-Oriented modular coding styles including data structures
Proficient with bootloaders and pre-application code execution
Understanding of USB Protocol
Working knowledge of RTOS/Linux embedded designs
Proficient implementing of SPI, I2C, UART, Synchronous/Asynchronous memory interfaces, RTC, PWM, GPIO
Familiarity with secure boot
Familiarity with OTP
Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Microsoft 365, Teams)
Proficiency in using code management and defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, SVN, GIT)
Experience with ARM processor designs and development
Wilcox is a U.S government defense contractor, and this position requires access to export-controlled technology. Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access U.S. government-controlled technology prior to beginning work
Preferred
Master's Degree preferred
Experience with audio/video data stream processing
Proficient with USB PD Protocol
Proficient with secure boot
Proficient with OTP
Familiarity with U.S Department of Defense contracts and requirements
Company
Wilcox Industries
Wilcox Industries is a government relations company that provides military and law enforcement solutions.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Dominic (Nic) Goupil
CTO/CIO
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