Titlesby GlyphFirmware Engineer a new title on company job boards
Engineering · Emerging · not on Hacker News yet · 45 open roles at 13 companies · median $222k
An engineer who develops low-level software that directly controls hardware components and embedded systems.
first seen Mar 2025, job board
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in March 2025, in a company job-board posting from CoreWeave. Today 45 open roles use the title at 13 companies, most of them in robotics and autonomy.
- PostingThe oldest Firmware Engineer posting we holdCoreWeave, Mar 2025 · backs: first sighting
- PostingFirmware EngineerSamsara, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Robotics and autonomy5
- Software5
- AI lab3
- AI infrastructure2
- Fintech1
Cities
- Palo Alto8
- San Francisco8
- Los Angeles2
- New York2
- Seattle2
- Singapore1
- Austin1
- Dallas1
Countries and remote
- United States43
- Singapore1
Remote option16%
Posted pay
Middle half $193k to $223k, median $222k from 39 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 22 | |
| 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | K2 SpaceA company hiring most for Design Engineer and Test Engineer. | 2 | |
| 8 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Eight SleepA company hiring most for Product Designer and Test Engineer. | 1 | |
| 10 | MenloA company hiring most for AI Engineer and Forward Deployed Engineer. | 1 | |
| 11 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 45; company pages list the restFirmware Engineer
Remote - Austin; Remote - Seattle; San Francisco, CA, United States
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmware Engineer | Remote - Austin; Remote - Seattle; San Francisco, CA, United States | $114k to $191k | |
| Firmware Engineer - Testing | San Carlos, CA | $150k to $190k | |
| Senior Firmware EngineerAnduril IndustriesWaltham, Massachusetts, United States$191k to $254k | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $191k to $254k |
| Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer (R5637) | Dallas, Texas | $160k to $250k | |
| Firmware Engineer Tech Lead | San Jose, California, United States | $160k to $200k | |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, VehicleK2 SpaceSeattle, WA$160k to $220k | K2 Space | Seattle, WA | $160k to $220k |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, FPGA | New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA | $182k to $242k | |
| Senior Firmware EngineerEight SleepSan Francisco$180k to $210k | Eight Sleep | San Francisco | $180k to $210k |
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About this title
An engineer who develops low-level software that directly controls hardware components and embedded systems.
45 open postings titled "Firmware Engineer" at Stripe, OpenAI, Samsara, Zoox and 9 more (job-board scan, 2026-11-02; proposed by the model). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $222k from 39 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.