Sr. Electronis Engineer, Firmware
Thermo Fisher ScientificResponsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain firmware for scientific instrument platforms during new product development and sustaining engineering.
- Develop firmware for instrument control, data acquisition, motion control, communications, and hardware interfaces.
- Design reliable, maintainable, and scalable firmware architectures for embedded control systems.
- Collaborate with hardware engineers on board bring-up, hardware integration, and system debugging.
- Collaborate with software engineers during system debugging.
- Support embedded software development for mass spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy, chromatography, spectroscopy, and other analytical instruments.
- Participate in firmware and hardware verification, validation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Contribute to firmware best practices, code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on firmware development.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Automation, or a related discipline.
- Typically 8+ years of firmware development experience, especially with scientific instruments or medical devices.
- Experience programming MCU platforms, including ARM Cortex-M/A.
- Strong C programming skills and knowledge of firmware architecture and engineering principles.
- Familiarity with SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, USB, and Ethernet communication protocols.
- Experience with FPGA interaction, high-speed data acquisition, and instrument communication.
- Experience using JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and software debuggers.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for resolving complex system-level issues.
- Effective communication within cross-functional engineering teams.
- Preferred experience with scientific or analytical instrumentation, motion control, motor control, precision automation, complete NPI projects, product launches, sustaining engineering, product enhancement, Python, C#, AI-assisted programming, mentoring, or leading technical firmware projects.
Benefits
- Standard Monday-Friday work schedule.
- Office-based work environment.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.