Firmware Engineer
FLIR Systems, Inc.1 day ago
Richmond, CanadaMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$77k - $102k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain embedded firmware in C for industrial camera platforms.
- Develop low-level drivers, interrupt handling, DMA paths, boot processes, and board support functionality.
- Implement processor-to-FPGA interfaces, register maps, and control mechanisms.
- Contribute to GenICam, GigE Vision, USB3 Vision, and CoaXPress machine vision interface stacks.
- Optimize high-throughput data streaming, synchronization, and timing performance.
- Support board bring-up, hardware debugging, and root-cause analysis using schematics, datasheets, and oscilloscopes.
- Investigate customer-reported issues and deliver verified fixes.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, testing, and documentation.
- Collaborate with FPGA, hardware, software, and test engineering teams.
Requirements
- Strong embedded C development skills and working knowledge of C++.
- Experience with RTOS and/or bare-metal embedded systems.
- Understanding of interrupts, DMA, low-level drivers, and resource-constrained systems.
- Experience debugging hardware using schematics, datasheets, and oscilloscopes.
- Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
- 3+ years of experience with a master’s degree, 5+ years with a bachelor’s degree, a PhD, or equivalent experience.
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- FPGA interfacing, embedded Linux, machine vision protocols, image processing, Python or Bash scripting, and VHDL or Verilog familiarity are advantageous.
Benefits
- Meaningful work on advanced machine vision technology.
- Close collaboration across firmware, FPGA, hardware, and software disciplines.
- Exposure to complete product development from board bring-up through release.
- Technical growth within an experienced engineering team.
- Stable environment backed by Teledyne Technologies.
- On-site collaboration where products are designed and manufactured together.
About FLIR Systems, Inc.
FLIR Systems, now Teledyne FLIR, builds thermal imaging cameras, infrared sensors, machine vision systems, and perception software for defense, industrial automation, public safety, research, and OEMs. It sells modules and integrated systems, plus analytics and integration tools, to government agencies, enterprises, and equipment manufacturers worldwide. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, it operates as a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies following the 2021 acquisition.