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Senior Firmware Engineer

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  • Job Title: Senior Firmware Engineer
  • Location: Middleborough, MA, US, 02346
  • Business Unit: Fluid Analysis Business
  • Posting Date: Nov 6, 2026

Job Summary

The Senior Firmware Design Engineer develops firmware and embedded software for a wide range of new and existing laboratories and process instrumentation. This position actively participates in a multi-disciplined product development team including Project Leaders, Hardware Design, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Service Engineers.

A Senior Engineer has significant relevant work experience and works well independently: making design decisions and applying a systematic work process and structured problem-solving methodology. Firmware engineers also work closely with hardware developers and others and have a working knowledge of hardware development and systems integration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develops firmware architecture from product specifications and working closely with hardware engineers to optimize a design for cost, delivery, performance, and reliability.
  • Sole responsibility for development of firmware/embedded software or a lead role with other firmware/software engineers to complete product development projects, depending on project scope.
  • Work with EE and ME team in selecting critical components, architecture, and product implementation details.
  • Perform engineering analysis, and feasibility assessments to ensure that the design meets performance and reliability requirements as defined in product specifications.
  • Provide technical expertise and implement best practices for FW/ESW: documentation of firmware requirements and work product, test case development, create reusable modules, apply tools for evaluating code and version control.
  • Provide technical support, conducting design reviews and presentations, and project updates.
  • Apply and enforce best design practices to ensure performance, reliability, manufacturability, and testability.

Required Education and Experience

  • Must have B.S. in Electrical or Computer Science Engineering or an A.S. degree with 10+ years of relevant experience in the design of embedded software or firmware for instrumentation or related products.
  • Fluent in C/C++ programming, experience with embedded RTOS, Linux, or similar OS, experience with Windows programming is a plus.

Experience to include product design with 8/16/32 bit microprocessors: Freescale i.MX28/i.MX6, STMicro and Microchip processors a plus; embedded software to support precision analog and digital transducers, hardware drivers, LCD displays, printers, transducers, communication protocols, and motion control.

  • Knowledge of instrumentation and control systems utilizing analog inputs, motor controls, real time clock, serial, I2C/SPI, CAN, USB, Ethernet.
  • Proficiency with common development environments, and application of development tools, bug tracking, and code analysis. Github, JIRA and CI/CD pipeline a plus.
  • Proven track record of taking a design effort from blank paper to volume production meeting all time, budget, and performance requirements.
  • Experience with the integration of software and firmware in systems that coordinate control and measurement of physical parameters, including structured testing, calibration, and design-of experiments.

Compensation

  • Employee Type: Salaried
  • Currency: USD
  • Salary Minimum: 120,000
  • Salary Maximum: 150,000
  • Incentive: No

Benefits

For more information on AMETEK's competitive benefits, please:

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit for more information.

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