Lead firmware architecture for embedded products ranging from bare-metal systems to multi-threaded RTOS-based applications

Translate product and system requirements into firmware designs, interfaces, task structures, state machines, and hardware abstraction layers

Evaluate design tradeoffs involving performance, memory, power, reliability, complexity, reuse, and long-term maintainability

Define modular and reusable firmware components across product families and hardware platforms

Design, implement, review, and maintain production embedded software in C/C++ for microcontroller-based products

Develop device drivers, board-support software, communications interfaces, control logic, data acquisition, storage, and scheduled transmission functions

Implement safe concurrency using RTOS tasks, queues, mutexes, semaphores, timers, and interrupt-driven designs

Maintain build configurations, source control practices, technical documentation, and reproducible firmware build outputs

Partner with electronic designers on processor, peripheral, memory, power-control, and communication requirements

Read schematics and datasheets, bring up new boards, and validate UART, SPI, I2C, USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, cellular, and satellite interfaces

Diagnose board- and system-level issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, and protocol analyzers

Troubleshoot interactions among firmware, PCBs, sensors, power supplies, communications modules, and electromechanical assemblies

Develop unit, integration, hardware-in-the-loop, regression, fault-injection, and long-duration tests

Review code and designs for correctness, concurrency hazards, resource use, error recovery, maintainability, and testability

Design for reliable operation through communication loss, peripheral faults, power interruptions, brownouts, watchdog resets, and other field conditions

Work with QA and product validation teams to investigate defects, reproduce failures, and verify corrective actions

Support firmware through prototype builds, formal qualification,



production release, configuration control, and field deployment

Produce release-ready firmware packages, release notes, build records, and technical evidence

Lead root-cause analysis for production and field failures and implement corrective actions

Support legacy product sustainment, including component changes, hardware revisions, defect correction, cybersecurity updates, and technical debt reduction

Use field, service, and test feedback to guide design improvements and future platform decisions

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline

Minimum 7 years of relevant experience developing embedded systems and production firmware

Proven record of architecting, developing, debugging, and releasing microcontroller-based embedded products

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated success working within and across functional teams

Advanced proficiency in embedded C/C++ and experience with memory-constrained, resource-constrained systems

System-level firmware architecture experience, from task scheduling and application logic through low-level device drivers and hardware abstraction layers

Hands-on experience with an RTOS and multi-threaded systems, including synchronization, inter-task communication, timing, and concurrency debugging

Experience with structured design, modular code, interface design, code reuse, and maintainable embedded software practices

Solid understanding of interrupts, timers, DMA, memory management, boot processes, watchdogs, and embedded fault handling





Must be eligible to work in Canada without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization

Preferred: low-power environmental monitoring, remote sensing, industrial IoT, dataloggers, or telemetry products

Preferred: sensor acquisition and instrumentation interfaces such as SDI-12, 4-20 mA, pulse, analog, or serial sensors

Preferred: reliable local data storage, file systems, databases, data integrity, and recovery from unexpected power loss

Preferred: embedded graphical user interfaces using TouchGFX, Qt, or similar frameworks

Preferred: Embedded Linux, Contiki OS, Kotlin, Python, or scripting used for development and automated testing

Preferred: CI/CD systems such as Jenkins and static-analysis or code-quality tools

Preferred: secure communications, device update mechanisms, cybersecurity practices, or connected-device provisioning

Preferred: regulated, ruggedized, high-reliability, or long-lifecycle products used in remote or harsh environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in firmware architecture and development for embedded systems, with a strong focus on C/C++ programming, RTOS implementation, and system-level design. Proven ability to lead projects, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure high reliability in production firmware.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Embedded C/C++ Development

RTOS Implementation

Firmware Architecture Design

Microcontroller-Based Systems

Debugging and Troubleshooting

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

Firmware Design

Device Driver Development

Task Scheduling

Concurrency Debugging

Memory Management

Code Review

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Fault Handling

Technical Documentation

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Industry Keywords

Embedded Systems

Low-Power Environmental Monitoring

Industrial IoT

Telemetry Products

Cybersecurity Practices

Tools & Technologies

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Protocol Analyzer

CI/CD Systems

Static-Analysis Tools

📌 Senior Firmware Developer (Winnipeg)
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📍 Winnipeg