Lead Firmware Engineer - BSP/Platform Engineering

About the role

At Crestron Electronics, Inc we build the technology that integrates technology. We are the largest and most recognized brand in automation and control solutions, partnering with Fortune 500 businesses globally. Our products are integrated into high-tech commercial buildings worldwide, serving clients like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and LinkedIn. Our automation and control solutions allow clients to manage entire environments—including AV, lighting, shading, security, building management systems, and HVAC—with the push of a button.

Responsibilities

• Drive firmware architecture, technical direction, design decisions, and implementation approach for complex product or platform workstreams.
• Lead hands-on development, integration, debug, and hardening of embedded firmware features, services, drivers, BSP components, and platform software.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues across firmware, hardware, OS, application, networking, AV, manufacturing, and vendor boundaries.
• Provide technical coaching, design review, code review, debug guidance, and engineering standards that improve team capability and execution quality.
• Translate product and platform requirements into technical execution plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, and clear ownership across engineers and partner teams.
• Define validation strategy, release-readiness criteria, regression coverage, and defect-prevention practices for assigned firmware areas.
• Create architecture records, technical documentation, debug playbooks, root-cause analyses, and stakeholder communications for decisions, risks, and tradeoffs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (required).
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (preferred).
• Embedded firmware development and debugging using C/C++ across commercial product development lifecycles.
• Technical leadership of firmware features, platforms, or cross-functional workstreams from concept through release.
• Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS, BSP, bootloader, kernel, driver, device-tree/configuration, networking, or low-level platform integration.
• System-level debugging, hardware/software integration, root-cause analysis, production issue resolution, and release hardening.
• Firmware architecture, technical decomposition, design review, implementation planning, and execution leadership.
• C/C++ embedded firmware development, debugging, optimization, and maintainability practices.
• System-level debugging across hardware, firmware, OS, application, networking, AV, manufacturing, and vendor boundaries.
• Technical mentorship, peer coaching, code review, design critique, and engineering standards development.
• Risk identification, dependency management, technical planning, release-readiness assessment, and path-to-green ownership.
• Validation strategy, automation, regression coverage, quality discipline, and root-cause-based defect prevention.
• Cross-functional communication with engineering leaders, product, QA, DevOps, manufacturing, suppliers, and external partners.

Pay

Per applicable state requirements, the annual pay range for this position is $132,000 - $214,000, consisting of base salary (subject to performance). An individual’s offer may vary based on hiring location, qualifications, experience, and market factors.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Life Insurance and Short Term Disability
• 401K with company match
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• On-site amenities at NJ Headquarters & TX Facilities (Crestron Market Cafes, Fitness Centers)