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Firmware Engineer (Bare-Metal / RTOS)

Harbinger Motors Inc. · Garden Grove, CA

Posted about a month ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
33 days
Harbinger Motors Inc.'s roles stay open a median of 43 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
20% of Harbinger Motors Inc.'s roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Harbinger Motors Inc.
high
52 stale, 1 reposted of 113 open
Hiring momentum
137 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Firmware Engineer at Harbinger, you will design and implement firmware for advanced motor control systems in electric vehicles, focusing on bare-metal and RTOS environments. Your responsibilities will include developing embedded firmware, configuring hardware drivers, optimizing control algorithms, and conducting rigorous testing and validation. Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential to ensure seamless integration of firmware with hardware and application software.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
3/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field
  • 3+ years of professional experience in embedded firmware development
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++ for resource-constrained embedded systems
  • Hands-on experience developing for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers or equivalent embedded platforms
  • Solid foundational understanding of motor control algorithms, digital signal processing (DSP), control theory, and PID tuning
  • Familiarity with standard embedded communication interfaces (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART)

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with a focus on control systems
  • Direct experience developing firmware for electric vehicle (EV) powertrains or automotive motor controls
  • Hands-on experience implementing sensorless control techniques
  • Deep knowledge of complex timer units and cross-triggering peripherals, such as eTPU and GTM
  • Proven experience setting up, maintaining, and running Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing environments

What you get

  • Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
  • Early-stage Stock Options
  • Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
  • Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
  • Annual Vacation Bonus
  • Wellness & Fertility Benefits

Worth weighing

  • No remote work mentioned, implying an on-site requirement in Garden Grove, CA
  • Focus on performance optimization may lead to high-pressure situations
  • The role requires a deep understanding of specialized motor control algorithms, which may limit broader applicability of skills

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