Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Job Title

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Role Summary

The Equipment Software Design team develops embedded firmware and higher-level interface software for custom semiconductor equipment. This role designs, debugs, and optimizes firmware that directly controls electronic systems and collaborates with electrical, mechanical, and control engineers.

Work is hands-on in the lab and includes hardware bring-up, manufacturing support, and resolving system-level issues across global teams.

Experience Level

Senior — requires 4+ years of embedded software development tightly coupled to custom hardware.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include embedded firmware development, hardware bring-up, and cross-discipline support for test equipment.

• Design and develop embedded software from bare metal to Linux for custom semiconductor equipment.
• Write and maintain code in C, C++, Bash, and Python for embedded and host interfaces.
• Perform hardware bring-up using schematics and layout drawings; validate designs in the lab.
• Debug firmware–hardware interactions using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, SMUs, and other lab tools.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing, and production troubleshooting.
• Create technical documents and communicate status with globally distributed teams.
• Collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical, and control engineers to deliver next-generation memory testers and related equipment.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and demonstrated hands-on experience. Preferred skills listed after required items.

• 4+ years of embedded software development tightly coupled to custom hardware.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++ for embedded environments.
• Ability to read schematics and trace hardware/software interfaces for debug.
• Working knowledge of analog and mixed-signal circuits sufficient to understand signal paths and measurement techniques.
• Hands-on experience using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, power supplies) to debug real systems.
• Comfort debugging issues that span firmware, board-level electronics, and electromechanical interactions.
• Experience or interest in Agentic AI code development and integrating Agentic workflows into processes.
• Nice-to-have: Python and Bash proficiency, Linux and GNU toolchain experience, device driver or kernel-level debugging, PCIe software/hardware familiarity, calibration experience, and programmatic interfacing with lab equipment.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical degree; or equivalent practical experience. (The posting explicitly allows equivalent experience in lieu of the degree.)

About the Company

Company: Micron Technology

Headquarters: Boise, Idaho, USA

Micron Technology is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, dedicated to transforming how the world uses information. The company offers a diverse portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory products under the Micron and Crucial brands. With a commitment to customer focus and technological innovation, Micron drives advancements in artificial intelligence, 5G, and other data-centric applications, empowering users to learn, communicate, and progress.