Firmware Engineer - Intermediate

Base Salary Range: $90000 - $105000

Job Title: Firmware Engineer - Intermediate
Job ID: 87028
Location: Abbotsford, British Columbia - Hybrid

Overview:
Our client is a well-established Canadian manufacturer of specialized industrial equipment used in demanding environments such as energy, heavy industry, aerospace, mining, and manufacturing. They are investing in the next generation of their product platform and are growing their firmware engineering team to support new development initiatives. The underlying role is a senior embedded firmware position within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, and the broader hiring plan includes expansion across junior, intermediate, and senior levels. This is a hands-on embedded firmware role for a senior engineer who enjoys working close to the hardware and contributing to real products. You will help design, develop, debug, and deploy firmware for new products, product enhancements, and custom solutions. You will work alongside cross-functional engineering teams and play a key role in building high-quality, high-performance embedded systems. The source JD describes responsibilities spanning embedded software design, troubleshooting, documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and mentorship for junior peers at the senior level.


What you will be doing:

• Design and develop embedded firmware for new and existing products

• Contribute to both system-level and firmware-level design efforts

• Debug, troubleshoot, and verify firmware and system implementations

• Translate product and engineering requirements into practical firmware solutions

• Break down higher-level architectures into lower-level firmware components

• Collaborate with hardware and multidisciplinary engineering teams

• Create and maintain design documentation

• Support firmware best practices, coding standards, and development processes

• Mentor junior team members where appropriate

What you must have:

• 2+ years of firmware development experience

• 5+ years C/C++ experience in embedded environments

• Experience with RTOS-based development such as FreeRTOS

• Experience with Linux-based embedded systems, ideally including environments such as Yocto

• Solid understanding of microcontrollers, SoCs, and peripherals

• Experience debugging embedded systems

• Familiarity with communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, and TCP/IP

• Ability to read and interpret electronic schematics

• Experience using tools such as debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and IDEs

• Familiarity with source control, testing, and full software development lifecycle practices

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have:

• Bluetooth or Wi-Fi firmware integration

• Bootloaders

• DSP or fixed-point math

• Motor control algorithms

• FPGA / HDL exposure

• Agile / Scrum experience

Salary/Rate Range: $90,000–$105,000


Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. If you are selected to move forward in the process, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us, we encourage you to continue visiting our website for other roles that may be a good fit.


For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website at www.teemagroup.com