Senior Firmware Engineer

Firmware Developer

Location

Abbotsford, BC

Opportunities are available at junior, intermediate, and senior levels, with leadership paths for more experienced candidates.

Salary

$75,000 to $110,000 – depending on level of experience

Full-Time | Permanent

About the Role

We're looking for a Firmware Engineer / Developer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team building high-performance industrial tools used worldwide.

You'll play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying firmware for next-generation products, contributing at both the system and embedded software levels.

What You'll Do

Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware solutions

Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams

Translate requirements into scalable firmware architecture

Debug, test, and validate system performance

Contribute to full product lifecycle (design → release → support)

Create and maintain technical documentation

Support continuous improvement of development processes

(Senior) Mentor junior developers and lead technical initiatives

What You Bring

Degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or similar

Experience with C/C++ in embedded systems

Strong understanding of

• Microcontrollers & SoC architecture
• Communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, TCP/IP)
• Real-time systems and concurrency

Experience debugging embedded systems and implementing firmware unit tests

Experience with source code management tools, such as SVN or Git

Additional Requirements (preferred)

RTOS (e.g. FreeRTOS) or embedded Linux (Yocto)

Bluetooth / Wi-Fi integration

Bootloaders (e.g. U-Boot)

DSP, motor control, or FPGA (VHDL/Verilog)

Familiarity with Git/SVN and SDLC best practices

Experience reading schematics and using lab tools (oscilloscopes, analyzers)

Experience in product development of manufacturing

Who You Are

Strong communicator (technical & non-technical audiences)

Organized, self-driven, and accountable

Collaborative team player

Passionate about building high-quality products

Comfortable working on multiple projects and priorities

Why You'll Love This Job

Work on innovative, real-world industrial products

Be part of a collaborative, engineering-driven environment

Grow your career with opportunities for leadership

Contribute to products used across global industries

Disclosure

This posting represents an active and genuine vacancy with one of 3 Step Recruitment's clients and is not for speculative or pipeline recruitment.

3 Step Recruitment and/or our Clients may use, from time to time, AI-assisted tools to support the screening and evaluation of applications; however, these tools are not intended to replace human judgement or decision-making in the hiring process.