Senior Firmware Engineer

Danaher Corporation

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CA
Salary: $120,000–$160,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 11 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator focused on biotechnology, diagnostics, and life sciences.

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The Senior Firmware Engineer joins the Engineering team to design, develop, verify, and maintain embedded firmware for advanced scientific imaging and automation instruments. This role involves building production firmware for STM32-based controllers using C and modern C++ to support real-time control, precision motion, imaging hardware, and multi-board integration. Key responsibilities include leading hardware bring-up, developing FreeRTOS and CMSIS-RTOS applications, and implementing device communication protocols like Ethernet/TCP, UART, I2C, and SPI. The engineer will also perform root-cause analysis, conduct code reviews, and build hardware-in-the-loop tests. The work focuses on solving technical challenges in life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology by developing automated, AI-enabled technology for researchers to tackle complex questions in academia, biotech, pharma, and government environments.

What does a Firmware Engineer earn?

Median $196750 from 38 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

C C++ STM32 Arm Cortex-M FreeRTOS CMSIS-RTOS UART I2C SPI PWM ADC DAC GPIO Ethernet TCP DMA Bootloaders Hardware-in-the-Loop Oscilloscope Logic Analyzer

What you'll do

Design and deliver production embedded firmware in C and modern C++ for STM32-based controllers.
Create maintainable architectures for multi-board scientific instruments and board-specific applications.
Lead hardware bring-up, subsystem integration, and performance optimization for motion, imaging, and sensing functions.
Develop and troubleshoot real-time FreeRTOS and CMSIS-RTOS applications including task scheduling and fault recovery.
Implement device communication protocols, peripheral drivers, bootloaders, and flash programming.
Build unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop tests while maintaining continuous-integration workflows.
Conduct design and code reviews and perform root-cause analysis for regressions and field issues.
Document interfaces and technical decisions while mentoring junior engineers.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of professional embedded firmware development experience, including ownership of production systems through development, integration, release, and maintenance.
Expert proficiency in embedded C and strong proficiency in modern C++ for resource-constrained microcontrollers.
Practical experience on STM32 or comparable Arm Cortex-M platforms.
Hands-on experience developing RTOS-based and non-RTOS embedded systems, including interrupts, DMA, timers, concurrency, memory constraints, and fault handling.
Experience designing and maintaining hardware-facing firmware using UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, ADC/DAC, Ethernet/TCP, or comparable interfaces.
Ability to read schematics and datasheets and diagnose hardware–firmware interactions using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and logic analyzers.
Experience developing scientific instruments, microscopy systems, laboratory automation, or other complex electromechanical products (preferred).

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