HP IQ
Senior Firmware Engineer
$162K–$252K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jan 13, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers.
About the job
Develop firmware for low-power embedded microcontrollers, integrating sensors, security, power systems, and connected-device features for HP IQ products.
What you'll do
- Design firmware and embedded system architecture for ARM-based MCUs; bring up and debug hardware in the lab and support production builds.
- Collaborate with hardware, RF, security, cloud, and AI teams to build high-performance, secure, reliable systems.
- Set and manage performance metrics such as code size, model performance, memory footprint, power consumption, and latency.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers.
- Deep embedded firmware experience, including radio stacks (BT, BLE, Wi-Fi), sensor and audio pipelines, and ARM MCU architecture.
- Proficiency in FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, protocols, and unit test frameworks.
- Ability to work in large multi-developer codebases and collaborate in a psychologically safe, healthy team environment.
Nice to have
- Experience developing and debugging Qualcomm, STM32, Cypress/Infineon PSoC, or Nordic.
- Experience shipping high-reliability production code; familiarity with low-level hardware debugging tools and techniques.
Pay
$162,000 - $252,000 USD base salary
Tools
ARM, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, BT, BLE, Wi-Fi
AI focus
Collaborate with AI models teams and establish metrics for model performance; the role develops embedded firmware supporting HP IQ products.
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