Lead Firmware Engineer

Job Description

Lead a small team of firmware engineers supercharging devices that protect both planet and people

Build a future-proofed firmware environment to enable global growth

Drive engineering excellence by leading from the front

Lead Firmware Engineer

Central Sydney location

$160-180k + super

Flexible hybrid working rhythm

What if there was a way for infrastructure to evolve and thrive, without costing the Earth?

Our client has dedicated their existence to this thesis, building unique devices that:

• Monitor site safety and environmental impact
• Enable customers to tackle threats to both in real time
• Maintain and measure an inventory of related data
  
  
  

The problem

• A peerless product. Rapid growth. Well funded. Decades of living as the customer. Hardly problematic, you say. I'm getting to it:
• These folks are poised to go global, but can't get there without advancements across their product line
• The team is sharp, future-forward, and diversely skilled
• They need a leader to
• Set the direction for firmware projects
• Lead from the front
• Steward the engineers' personal growth journeys
• Architect for the future
  

Why should that be interesting to you?

• You've "been there, done that" when it comes to performant firmware environments that evolve, not just cope, with scale
• You're motivated by encouraging junior engineers to forge their own growth path, with your guidance
• You're ready for "that" move that you look back on as pivotal in your career's upward trajectory
• You've thought, "I've got ideas" but lacked the kind of scope to voice them
• You've thrived influencing a range of stakeholders, and you want more of it
• You can't explain why, but you're intrinsically drawn to growing these areas alongside your engineering chops
• You've added more features than you've had hot dinners, and you're ready for greener/browner-looking opportunities to put your name to
  
  
  

The likely solution to the problem

A meeting of minds, one mind being our client's, and the other mind likely resembling:

• Seasoned firmware engineer first. Think:
• Skills built in scaling embedded IoT environments
• C/C++, Python, (Free) RTOS - the usual suspects
• "What STM32 looks like at scale" - our client
• Proven leader, or senior engineer with positive leadership potential signals
• Confident and articulate when engaging a range of stakeholders in healthy debate
• Understanding over-the-air devices
• Scaled a firmware/embedded team while the company around it grows. Quickly. Living to tell the tale
  
  

Bonus Points For

• Understanding
• Contech/proptech
• Audio signal processing
• Hardware engineer in a former life
  
  

Wow, looks like you're still reading.

Apply below and let's keep the ball rolling.

The planet deserves it.