Job Description

Salary: $120,000 - 180,000 per year Requirements:

• We are looking for a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline; a masters degree is a plus, or equivalent industry experience.
• We expect 7+ years of embedded firmware development experience, ideally in IoT, networking, or video streaming products.
• You should have strong programming expertise in Embedded C and C++.
• Experience developing software on RTOS and Embedded Linux platforms is required.
• You need solid knowledge of real-time multimedia applications, including video/audio processing, compression, and streaming technologies such as H.264 and H.265.
• We value experience with multithreaded and multitasking embedded software development.
• You should have hands-on experience developing and debugging embedded device drivers.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills in embedded systems are essential.
• Experience optimizing embedded software for performance and efficient resource usage is important.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP, UDP, RTP, RTSP, SIP, and WebRTC is expected.
• Experience with wireless technologies such as Wi‑Fi, BLE, and LTE is preferred.
• Familiarity with IoT communication architectures and cloud-connected devices is required.
• Hands-on use of hardware debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers is needed.
• Experience using source control systems such as Git is required.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams, are essential.

• We design, develop, debug, and maintain embedded firmware for IoT and video streaming products.
• We own major firmware components and features throughout the full product lifecycle, from design through production.
• We collaborate with Hardware, Cloud, Mobile, QA, and ODM partners to ensure smooth system integration and successful product delivery.
• We develop and integrate device drivers, communication protocols, RTOS components, and platform firmware.
• We troubleshoot and resolve complex firmware, hardware, and system-level issues.
• We optimize firmware for performance, memory usage, power consumption, and overall system reliability.
• We review board schematics, component datasheets, and hardware documentation to support firmware development and debugging.
• We participate in design reviews, code reviews, and root-cause analysis to strengthen software quality.
• We evaluate new SoCs, image sensors, wireless modules, and other hardware components for future product development.
• We mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and continuous process improvements.
• We support products through manufacturing and production.
• We work with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Lua when needed.
• We develop firmware for consumer IoT and smart home products.
• We work with industry protocols such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, and Matter.
• We use Linux knowledge spanning memory management, file systems, and bootloaders such as U-Boot.

• Cloud
• Embedded
• Firmware
• Git
• Hardware
• IoT
• Support
• Linux
• Mobile
• Perl
• Python
• Video Streaming

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We are eInfochips, an Arrow company and a leading global provider of product engineering and semiconductor design services. With more than two decades of experience, over 500 products developed, and 40 million deployments across 140 countries, we help accelerate connected product innovation for global clients. We work with strategic technology partners including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, NXP, Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. This is a fully onsite role based in Carlsbad, CA, USA, or Richmond, BC, Canada, and we offer the opportunity to contribute to edge-to-cloud product development within a large, global engineering organization.

last updated 40 week of 2026

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