Senior Firmware Engineer

Wilcox develops innovative, world class electro-mechanical combat systems for today’s warfighters and law enforcement officers. Senior Firmware Engineers are a core component of the development team serving as the technical authority for firmware development and while working to deliver best in class products.  Senior Firmware Engineers work closely with Electrical Engineers, System Engineers, Quality Engineers, Program Managers, external partners, and the customers to ensure Wilcox stays on the leading edge of technology and innovation while ensuring the team is delivering a product that our customer can trust his/her life with.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Advanced Firmware Development & Architecture:

• Leads end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale or highly complex firmware projects (e.g., multi-processor systems, advanced RTOS, or bare-metal architectures).
• Establishes standards for firmware modularity, reuse, and maintainability.
• Champions best practices for debugging, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and overall embedded development life cycle.
• Guides cross-team technical strategies (e.g., firmware build pipelines, release management).
• Aligns firmware tasks with product requirements, collaborating with Hardware, Software, QA, Systems Engineering, and Program Management teams.
• Interact with external vendors or third-party engineering teams to evaluate components, SDKs, or toolchains.
• Influences firmware release processes and helps evaluate tools/technologies for continuous improvement.

Documentation & Communication:

• Aligns firmware tasks with product requirements, collaborating with Hardware, Software, QA, Systems Engineering, and Program Management teams.
• Coaches engineers across the organization; shapes career development plans for junior and mid-level firmware engineers.
• Leads design reviews, fosters knowledge-sharing sessions, and institutes continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience
Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering/Computer Science required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in a firmware engineering role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

 

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