Lead Embedded Firmware and Systems Engineer

About The Company FUTEK is a leading manufacturer of precision sensor technology, specializing in load cells, torque sensors, and measurement solutions used across industries like aerospace, medical, robotics, and manufacturing. Our mission is to enable innovation through highly accurate measurement solutions that power real-world applications. At FUTEK, we combine engineering excellence with a collaborative, growth-oriented culture—giving employees the opportunity to make a tangible impact while continuing to develop their skills.

Job Summary The Lead Embedded Firmware & Systems Engineer will own the architecture, development, validation, and release of embedded firmware for FUTEK precision sensor and instrumentation products. This role is intended for a seasoned engineer who can operate with high independence, define firmware direction, and drive embedded system decisions across hardware, software, test, manufacturing, and product stakeholders.

The position focuses on reliable, maintainable C/C++ firmware, real-time embedded performance, hardware/firmware integration, and industrial communication capability. Success in this role includes delivering production-ready firmware, improving firmware development practices, mentoring engineers, and helping establish scalable technical direction for future product platforms.

Essential Functions

• Own embedded firmware architecture, design, implementation, validation, and release activities for microcontroller-based precision sensor and instrumentation platforms.
• Develop robust embedded firmware in C/C++ for real-time data acquisition, signal processing, diagnostics, calibration support, communications, and product-control features.
• Define firmware requirements, interfaces, state machines, timing behavior, memory usage, and system-level tradeoffs in collaboration with hardware, software, test, manufacturing, and product stakeholders.
• Implement and maintain low-level drivers, board-support packages, communication interfaces, and embedded middleware for peripherals such as ADCs, DACs, timers, DMA, GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, USB, CAN, Ethernet, RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485.
• Lead firmware bring-up, board-level debugging, protocol troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions using schematics, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD tools, and other lab equipment.
• Develop and execute firmware verification, regression, and release-readiness plans, including test procedures, design reviews, code reviews, release notes, and technical documentation.
• Drive integration of embedded products with industrial controllers, sensors, communication gateways, and production/test systems where applicable.
• Establish and improve firmware development practices, including coding standards, version control workflows, reusable firmware architecture, design documentation, and issue-tracking discipline.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, design-review leadership, and project/task coordination for engineers and cross-functional contributors while maintaining direct ownership of critical firmware deliverables.