The Silicon Development team is looking for an engineer to join the team in Palo Alto, CA. Firmware Engineers are expected to develop, test, and document firmware for various in-house silicon and sensors development projects. Firmware produced from the team comprise the full stack, from the very first bootloaders of a system including ROM through to real time operating system applications. The ideal candidate joins a team of deeply knowledgeable embedded engineers with opportunities to solve ambitious and challenging problems. The applicant works closely with hardware teams and engages in hardware/software codesign with the responsibility to design and develop systems to be functional, performant, and reliable. * Develop high-quality C code for real-time embedded environments, including safety critical systems * Design and support software with high volume manufacturing to scale to hundreds of thousands of units * Development and debug of firmware in pre-silicon environments * Support hardware bring-up, including low level debug of board and SoC * Design for manufacturing of embedded systems * Experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or comparable fields * Experience in embedded development, such as robotics, real-time controls, system, or controls software * Proficiency in C, with proficiency in Rust for embedded preferred * Experience debugging embedded systems using tools such as scopes, logic analyzers and debuggers * Understanding of microprocessor architecture of both ARM and RISC-V families * Test-driven development and familiarity with developer driven automated testing * Ability to collaborate and communicate complex technical concepts * Proven experience working with network protocols preferred * Experience with protocol buffers and other application layer protocols preferred