Firmware Engineer

We’re always excited to connect with talented Staff Firmware Engineers who love solving complex problems and building systems that make hardware come alive. At Dojo Five, we work on a variety of cutting‑edge projects—and since our workload ebbs and flows, this is an evergreen posting. We’re constantly seeking engineers who thrive on solving complex technical challenges, enjoy collaborating across disciplines, and take pride in creating quality, reliable, high‑performance solutions.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to make a lasting impact and push the boundaries of embedded technology using modern best practices, we’d love to connect with you!

What does an evergreen posting mean? That means we may not have an immediate opening today, but we’re looking ahead and building relationships with great engineers for upcoming projects. If your background looks like a good fit, our team will reach out to start the interview process. We encourage you to apply and stay connected—because when the right project kicks off, we move fast!

Hiring Types – We are open to hiring for W‑2 contract to hire roles or 1099 independent contractors.

• Set strategic direction for major advancements in modern best‑practices for our clients and for Dojo Five
• Develop, program, review, and test firmware, products, and electronics
• Design build systems, code repositories, and documentation policies
• Provide guidance for how to establish project expectations and successfully follow through
• Provide technical guidance, career development coaching and mentorship, including but not limited to leading technical training
• Demonstrate and hold others accountable to the Dojo Five Values and Dojo Five Way
• Regularly participate in branding outreach and marketing activities
• Lead projects, including work breakdown, architectural discussion, and guidance
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define project goals and requirements
• Lead various recruitment activities, group interviews and technical reviews
• Attend Dojo Five leadership training and development activities
• Participate in sales discussions representing the Dojo Five's technical capabilities
• Manage work time independently, but report it accurately

• Always Learning:
  Provides expert advice and weighs in on complex decisions and problems that impact other teams or the company at large
• Humble Confidence:
  Able to scope and define all sizes of work or projects into well‑defined milestones and time frames
• Always Deliver:
  Regularly delivers projects or work as and when required; if not possible expectations are always managed and the reasons why clearly articulated
• Push Boundaries:
  Identifies and proactively tackles future issues before they grow into something even bigger
• Give a Sh
  * t:
  Takes on self‑initiated experiments to push boundaries within a project or the company while staying within budget and time constraints. Demonstrated track record of valuable, adopted innovations
• Have Fun:
  Consistently brings ideas to improve the happiness of others and independently champions their implementation

• Years of relevant professional experience in embedded systems development
  • Required: 10
  • Desired: 15
• Years of leading other developers
  • Required: 2
  • Desired: 5
• Programming Languages
  • Required
    • C and C++
    • Python
  • Desired
    • Rust
    • Assembly (ARM, x86, PIC)
• Operating Systems
  • Required
    • Bare‑metal
    • FreeRTOS
  • Desired
    • Zephyr
    • Embedded Linux (user‑space applications and Yocto board‑bringup)
    • Vx Works
    • ThreadX
    • Secure bootloaders
• Protocols/Drivers
  • Required
    • UART/USART
    • I2C
    • SPI
    • BLE
  • Desired
    • CAN/CAN‑FD
    • USB
    • Ethernet
    • Wi Fi
    • Cellular/LTE
    • protobuf
    • MQTT
    • Flash
• Processors
  • Required
    • Various ARM cores
  • Desired
    • Single, multi‑core and heterogeneous SOCs
    • Nordic
    • NXP
    • Si Labs
• Development Tools
  • Required
    • IDEs (VSCode, Eclipse, STM
      32
      
      CubeIDE)
    • Docker/devcontainers
    • Benchtop tools (scope, logic/protocol analyzers, power supplies, multimeter)
    • git
    • pytest
    • Unit testing infrastructures (e.g. Unity/CMock/Ceedling, Google Test, gMock)
  • Desired
    • CI/CD pipeline configuration
    • Serial consoles (e.g. minicom, screen)
    • CMake
    • binutils

• Has a passion for best practices
• Has excellent people and communication skills
• Enjoys working in an environment where they thrive on continuously learning new…