Senior Firmware Engineer

About The Role

The System Software team is responsible for firmware, operating system software, hardware-accelerated algorithms, and core developer frameworks supporting our products. We serve as the glue between our hardware teams and our higher-level software teams, and delight in finding creative solutions to complex, interdisciplinary problems as we bring our product visions to life. As a firmware engineer on our team, you will develop firmware for low-power embedded microcontrollers to coordinate sensors, ensure security and privacy, manage power subsystems, and more.

You will also have plenty of opportunity to develop and grow your own management and leadership skills as you coordinate development efforts with vendors, consultants, and manufacturing partners.

What You Might Do

• Design and develop firmware and embedded system architecture for leading-edge ARM-based MCUs in our prototypes and products
• Collaborate with the EE, RF, Security, Cloud Services, and AI models team to build high-performance, secure, reliable systems
• Bring up and debug new hardware in the lab and support builds at remote production sites
• Establish and manage performance metrics including code size, model performance, memory footprint, power consumption, latency.

Essential Qualifications

• 8+ years experience developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers
• Deep experience in embedded firmware with demonstrable knowledge in radio stacks (BT, BLE, Wi-Fi), sensor and audio pipelines, ARM MCU architecture.
• Passionate about low‑power (<1mW sleep) systems, audio subsystem integration, and cloud‑connected embedded devices.
• Proficient in FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, protocols, and unit test frameworks
• Comfortable working in large multi-developer codebases
• Ability to collaborate in a psychologically safe and healthy team environment

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing and debugging Qualcomm, STM32, Cypress/Infineon PSoC, or Nordic
• Experience shipping high-reliability production code
• Comfortable with low-level hardware debugging tools and techniques

Salary range: $162,000 - $252,000

Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)

The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) Statement

HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).