Director of Firmware Engineering
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At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC.
Our executive leadership team has experience working together for over two decades, having previously held key roles in the C-suites of renowned companies such as Flextronics, Heptagon, GT-Nexus, and Digital Motors Corporation. Together, we have engineered a revolutionary technology that is yielding extraordinary results.
Are you ready to be a part of the next chapter in Silicon Valley's hyper-growth IoT success story?
Summary
We are seeking a hands-on Firmware Engineering Manager to lead and contribute to the development of embedded firmware for our wireless, RF-enabled, and IoT products. In this “player-coach” role, you will guide a small team of engineers while remaining actively involved in coding, board bring-up, debugging, and optimization on ARM-based platforms. Our ideal candidate brings deep expertise in BLE, LoRa/LoRaWAN, cellular technologies, RF systems, and sensor integration — delivering reliable, low-power embedded solutions from concept through production.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a small team of firmware engineers while contributing directly to development. Must have led a global team.
- Design, implement, and optimize firmware in C/C++ for bare-metal and RTOS environments on ARM microcontrollers and processors.
- Drive hardware bring-up and system initialization for boards integrating RF, BLE, LoRa/LoRaWAN, cellular, and sensor subsystems.
- Configure and manage communication interfaces including UART, I2C, SPI, USB, and Ethernet.
- Integrate and optimize wireless features including BLE, LoRa/LoRaWAN, LTE, LTE-M/NB-IoT, and GPS/GNSS.
- Perform power profiling and optimize firmware for battery-powered, ultra low-power devices.
- Collaborate with hardware, RF, and manufacturing teams to troubleshoot and optimize system performance.
- Use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and protocol analyzers for system validation and debugging.
- Ensure adherence to firmware development best practices including testing, documentation, debugging, and code reviews.
Qualifications
- 7–10 years of professional embedded firmware development experience, with at least 2–3 years in a leadership or mentorship role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- Experience with IoT systems and wireless/wired communication protocols including BLE, LoRa, LoRaWAN is mandatory.
- Expertise in developing firmware on low-level embedded systems, ARM core-based microcontrollers and processors; experience with Nordic devices is mandatory.
- Hands-on experience of radio cellular protocols (LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT) and industrial wireless devices.
- Experience working with cellular modems and GPS/GNSS systems.
- Experience developing firmware to interface various sensors and communication modems.
- Proven experience in developing low-power embedded devices, including performing firmware power profiling.
- Knowledge of PCB design and schematic/layout tools (Eagle / Altium preferred).
- Strong debugging skills at the hardware/firmware boundary with the ability to read complex schematics.
Why Join Us
- Work on cutting-edge RF, wireless, and IoT products with a passionate, multidisciplinary team.
- Balance leadership with hands-on technical contributions.
- Impact the full product lifecycle — from concept to production.
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