Firmware Engineer

Job description

Job Title: Firmware Engineer
Job Description
Work with Engineering staff and chief engineers in the concept development and prototype design, integration, and testing of high-power processing solutions for various product lines and technology areas.

These include high-power motor drives, power conditioning systems, pulsed power systems, battery systems, systems, space systems, advanced sensors, laser communications, target tracking, laser beam control/pointing, signal/image processing, and instrumentation.
Responsibilities

+ Exercise considerable latitude in determining technical objectives for the review, research, design, development, and/or solutions for designated engineering systems, projects, and programs.

+ Demonstrate prior experience in the improvement of legacy systems and development of new systems.

+ Generate electrical architecture solutions for new project needs, perform electrical engineering analyses for systems and circuits, document findings, communicate results to engineering and program management staff, give technical presentations, and manage technical effort schedules.

+ Function in an advisory or leadership role for a project/program and provide planning, direction, and oversight to less experienced professional staff or team of professional staff in technical efforts involving adaptive electro-optics, laser control systems, or space-based electronics.

+ Formulate plans, typically multi-year, and coordinate solutions development and deployment including documentation, reporting, publishing, and making technical and other presentations to ensure viability of the solutions in an evolving environment.

+ Evaluate the integration of the engineering solutions within the overall engineering environment and ensure that appropriate documentation, testing, maintenance, and engineering updates are completed.

+ Plan for future applications of solutions based on new developments in engineering technology.

+ Develop new and expand existing business opportunities.

+ Communicate with colleagues and management throughout solution development and deployment cycles.

+ Represent the company as a prime technical contact on contracts and/or projects and interact with Sr. external personnel on technical matters requiring coordination between the organizations.

Skills & Qualifications

+ Requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; twelve (12) or more years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, ten (10) or more years of experience with a master’s degree, or seven (7) or more years with a PhD.

Equivalent engineering experience may be substituted in lieu of education.

+ Active DoD Security Clearance is required.

+ Experience in embedded systems, software, and controls; analysis, design, and implementation of software for hardware systems including digital, analog, and RF.

+ Experience in embedded systems development for photonics and aerospace applications, power electronics, high-power computing, or digital control of power supplies and control systems.

+ Guiding a design through development and into production.

+ Proficiency with C/C++, Xilinx Vivado Design Suite, VHDL, Microsoft Project, MATLAB, LabVIEW.

+ Demonstrated technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice.

+ Ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones with some experience in project leadership.

+ Ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving project environment.

+ Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other departments, customers, government representatives, and/or professionals.

+ Capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact.

+ Customer-focused and able to formulate plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems.

+ Must be able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment.


Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $130000.00 - $210000.00/yr.
Competitive benefits, 401K, annual bonus, relo assistance
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Poway,CA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 12, 2025.
About Actalent
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We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market.

With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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