Firmware Engineer at AttoTude
Menlo Park, CA
$364,000–$426,400
Jul 27, 2026
Menlo Park, CA
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A firmware engineering role focused on designing, developing, and optimizing embedded software for next-generation hardware products at an onsite facility in Menlo Park, CA. The work spans low-level C/C++ development for microcontrollers and SoCs, device driver implementation, RTOS integration, board bring-up, secure bootloader development, and hardware debugging. Suited to an experienced embedded engineer comfortable bridging firmware and hardware across cross-functional teams.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $175,000–$205,000
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
We read this from the posting text with AI. Skim the description below before ruling yourself out.
How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 95 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 20–140
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The salary range ($175–$205) is listed without an explicit 'per year' label in the posting, but the header reads 'Annual Salary Range', so figures are interpreted as annual USD amounts.
BLE, Wi-Fi, CAN, and Ethernet appear in the responsibilities section as examples of hardware interfaces rather than in the formal qualifications block; they are marked preferred accordingly.
Menlo Park, CA falls within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA (41940), though it is geographically close to the San Francisco-Oakland CBSA border.
The degree requirement lists 'Bachelor's or Master's' with no 'or equivalent experience' language, so a Bachelor's is treated as the minimum hard requirement.
Read the full posting
The employer publishes the full description on their own site — read it there ↗. Or sign in to read it here — it's free, and it also lets you track this application.