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BrightAI is a high-growth Physical AI company transforming how businesses interact with the physical world through intelligent automation. The platform processes visual, spatial, and temporal data from billions of real-world events—captured through edge devices, mobile sensors, and large-scale cloud infrastructure—to deliver intelligent, real-time decisions.
As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain embedded firmware with a strong emphasis on ultra-low power consumption. You will develop drivers and low-level firmware for microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and wireless modules (e.g., BLE, Zigbee, LoRa). Collaboration with hardware engineers is central to the role, helping define power budgets and validate low-power designs.
Key responsibilities include implementing and testing power management techniques such as sleep modes, clock gating, and dynamic voltage scaling. You will perform power profiling and debugging using tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, energy analyzers, and current probes. Code optimization for resource-constrained environments is essential, as is the ability to work in no-OS or lightweight RTOS environments.
You will participate in design reviews, code reviews, and contribute to technical documentation. You will ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices for embedded development. Additionally, you will lead the integration of embedded communication protocols like I2C, SPI, and UART, facilitating robust data exchange across various embedded system components.
**Requirements:**
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of experience in embedded software development, with strong emphasis on low-power design
- Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems
- Hands-on experience with low-power microcontrollers (e.g., ARM Cortex-M series, nRF52, Ambiq, MSP430)
- Familiarity with RTOS concepts and experience with lightweight operating systems (e.g., FreeRTOS or Zephyr)
- Deep understanding of hardware/software interaction and power management techniques
- Deep familiarity with source control (Git) and development workflows
**Bonus Criteria:**
Experience with wireless communication protocols (BLE, Zigbee, LoRa); knowledge of PCB schematics and ability to work closely with hardware engineers; experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash) for test automation; prior work on battery-operated or energy-harvesting devices; advanced skills in designing optimized C solutions for embedded systems with stringent resource constraints; strong background in math-based programming and linear algebra for digital signal processing and machine learning; experience developing AI/ML solutions with frameworks such as Edge Impulse, OpenCV, and PyTorch for embedded applications; deep experience in system architectures including event-driven and modular design approaches and hardware abstraction layers (HAL, sensor fusion, application layers); proven experience developing, maintaining, and scaling CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions.
