Menlo Park, CA

Salary
$364,000–$426,400
Posted
Jul 27, 2026
Location
Menlo Park, CA
Last confirmed open
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

Must have (12)
C or C++PythonARM Cortex-M or Risc VRTOSSPII2CUARTUSBJTAG or SwdGDBGitCI/CD
Nice to have (4)
BLEWi-FiCANEthernet

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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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.

What gives you an edge
I2C2%JTAG2%SPI3%UART3%RTOS6%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%CI/CD45%

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.

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