Firmware Engineer - Fully Remote | Up to $120/hr

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Software & Firmware Engineering Experts

Type: Contract

Compensation: $100–$120/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Apply hands-on expertise in software , firmware , and digital hardware to complex engineering tasks involving real physical systems.
• Review and evaluate embedded firmware , FPGA/RTL designs , flight software , test automation frameworks , and hardware interfaces .
• Analyze architecture and implementation trade-offs involving real-time performance , timing , memory , and hardware/software integration .
• Assess technical correctness, robustness, and feasibility of solutions for embedded and hardware-connected systems.
• Identify implementation errors, race conditions, interface failures, and other system-level failure modes.
• Develop or review engineering problems, reference implementations, test cases, and technical documentation.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of professional experience in software , firmware , FPGA , or embedded systems engineering .
• At least 3 years of recent hands-on experience with real hardware.
• Experience as the responsible engineer for production hardware-connected software or firmware.
• Deep expertise in embedded firmware , FPGA/RTL design , flight software , or hardware test automation .
• Strong command of technologies like C/C++ , Python , RTOS , embedded Linux , and FPGA toolchains .
• Extensive experience debugging software-hardware interactions using tools like JTAG/SWD debuggers and oscilloscopes .
• Proven experience in real-world product or hardware manufacturing environments.

Preferred

• Experience with companies designing, building, and manufacturing physical hardware or embedded systems.
• Relevant organizations include Lockheed Martin , Blue Origin , Tesla , NVIDIA , Apple , Skydio , Siemens , and Medtronic .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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