Staff/Senior Staff Firmware Integration Engineer

About the role

As a Staff/Senior Staff Firmware Integration Engineer, you will own the process that takes Heron's software from development to release — ensuring every feature, fix, and architectural change lands correctly, safely, and on time to support company goals.

Responsibilities

• Own the definition and scope of software releases, change control over what is in, out, or deferred, and why.
• Translate program milestones and field requirements into concrete software release targets.
• Triage feature requests and bug fixes against business needs.
• Identify integration risks for each change and most efficient means of validation.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, implementation, and test coverage.
• Develop integration guidelines, guide the creation of test assets, and accelerate the iterative development / test loop for all team members.
• Manage ticket burndowns for each release and go/no-go decision-making, ensuring overall program goals are met with minimum compromises.
• Captain and define the OTA strategy and tooling, including field soak strategies, coordination with customers, and factory deployment.

Requirements

• 7+ years in embedded firmware development, with at least one role focused on software integration, validation, or release engineering.
• Hands-on embedded C/C++ — enough to read and review software contributions critically.
• Experience with SIL (software-in-the-loop) and HIL (hardware-in-the-loop) test infrastructure.
• Experience owning or managing firmware release cycles on shipped hardware products.
• Strong understanding of RTOS-based systems, hardware abstraction, and embedded system architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to hold a high-quality bar in a high-paced environment.
• Clear, direct communicator who can translate between engineering depth and program-level decisions.

Qualifications

• Power electronics or energy conversion domain experience.
• Hardware debugging skills (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, JTAG) — comfortable on the bench when validation requires it.
• Familiarity with safety-critical firmware standards (IEC 61508, UL1998).
• Background in software CI/CD pipeline development or test automation.
• Exposure with OTA update mechanisms and fleet management.
• Manufacturing test and production qualification experience.

Skills

• Must-have: Embedded firmware development, software integration, validation, or release engineering.
• Nice-to-haves: Power electronics or energy conversion domain experience, hardware debugging skills, familiarity with safety-critical firmware standards, background in software CI/CD pipeline development or test automation, exposure with OTA update mechanisms and fleet management, manufacturing test and production qualification experience.

Benefits

Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. The salary for this role ranges from $170,000 to $240,000 per year.