Lead Firmware Engineer | Medical Devices Location: Melbourne, Australia

Type: Full time

About the Role We're looking for a Lead Firmware Engineer to join our engineering team, developing embedded systems for medical devices and other safety critical applications. You'll work across the full stack of embedded development, from bare metal drivers through to RTOS based architectures, on products where reliability and rigor matter. This role also plays a key part in systems architecture and process development across the engineering team.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain firmware for embedded systems using C/C++ on ARM based microcontrollers (STM32 family)

Architect and implement both bare metal and RTOS based firmware solutions

Contribute to systems architecture, defining hardware/firmware partitioning and interfaces across the product

Develop and integrate communication protocols including UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, and USB

Contribute to system level design decisions balancing performance, power, and reliability

Support verification and validation activities, including unit testing and hardware in the loop testing

Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and maintain thorough technical documentation

Drive process development and improvement across the firmware team, including coding standards, workflows, and toolchains

Collaborate closely with hardware, systems, and quality engineers throughout the product lifecycle

Support root cause analysis and debugging of field issues using tools such as oscilloscopes,



logic analyzers, and JTAG debuggers

Contribute to and help maintain compliance with relevant safety and quality standards

Required Skills and Experience

5+ years of professional embedded firmware development experience

Solid proficiency in C and C++ for embedded/microcontroller applications

Hands on experience with STM32 or other ARM Cortex M based microcontrollers

Demonstrated experience in systems architecture for embedded products

Experience developing or improving engineering processes (development workflows, standards, review practices)

Solid understanding of RTOS concepts (task scheduling, synchronization, memory management) as well as bare metal development

Practical experience with common embedded communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB, or similar)

Comfortable working with low level hardware, datasheets, and reference manuals

Experience with version control (Git) and embedded toolchains/debuggers

Highly Regarded

Experience with VHDL or Verilog and FPGA based digital design

Experience developing firmware for medical devices or other safety critical industries (automotive, aerospace, industrial)

Familiarity with standards such as IEC 62304, IEC 60601, ISO 13485, ISO 26262, or DO 178

Experience with formal V&V; processes, risk management, and design controls

Exposure to wireless protocols (BLE, Wi Fi, LoRa)

Experience with static analysis tools, MISRA C compliance, or safety certified toolchains

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