This role pays less than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$166,501–$219,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$158k
versus about
$193k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.
General Dynamics currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$124,093–$150,385
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CL - Sr Firmware Engineer will join a cross-functional team focused on developing the next generation of autonomous undersea systems. In this role, you will design and implement bare-metal firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M and other microcontroller architectures. Your daily responsibilities include developing drivers and low-level interfaces for peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, ADC, PWM, and timer modules. You will also profile and optimize code for performance, power consumption, and memory constraints while collaborating with hardware engineers and systems architects to translate requirements into firmware solutions. The role requires proficiency in using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers like SWD and JTAG, and embedded testing frameworks. This position addresses the technical challenges of developing advanced autonomous underwater vehicle technology within a research-oriented engineering environment.
What does a Firmware Engineer earn?
Median $202800 from 35 postings across 9 companies.
C
Embedded Systems
RTOS
Bare-metal
Microcontrollers
ARM
AVR
MSP430
PIC
JTAG
SWD
Oscilloscopes
Logic Analyzers
I2C
SPI
CAN
Ethernet
USB
RS232
RS485
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