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2027 Early Career Firmware Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $112,000–$112,000🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop low-level firmware and device drivers for microcontrollers across land, sea, and air defense systems.

Role type

Early Career Firmware Engineer

Builds

Core technology for defense systems (Menace, Dive-XL, Ghost, Roadrunner) powered by Lattice OS

Domain

Defense technology / Embedded systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C programming, microcontroller development, bare-metal/RTOS environments, board bring up, debugging (JTAG/SWD/Oscilloscope/Logic analyzer), bus protocols (USB/SPI/I2C/CAN/Ethernet), ARM/AVR/MSP430/PIC cores

Preferred skills

Analog/digital sensor integration, coding best practices, electrical engineering collaboration

Responsibilities

Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, architect changes for codebase growth, debug issues spanning electrical/firmware/software boundaries, review schematics with electrical engineering team

Seniority

Early Career (2027 start)

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