Firmware Engineer at Gridware
San Francisco, CA
$160,000–$165,000
Jul 14, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A firmware engineering role focused on building reliable, power-efficient software for grid-monitoring hardware devices. Day-to-day work involves writing C/C++ for microcontrollers, developing peripheral and sensor drivers, implementing data processing algorithms under resource constraints, and maintaining the build system across embedded platforms. Suited to engineers with hands-on embedded systems experience spanning hardware debugging, communications protocols, and testing.
Mid level · 3+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $160,000–$165,000
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 330 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 250–510
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). 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 (7)
C and C++ are listed together with 'and/or' — the JD treats them as interchangeable primary options; both are emitted as a single required skill with the other as an alternative.
Python is listed as 'Python or another scripting language' under Required Skills — emitted as required with no named alternative since no specific substitute is named.
The 3+ years requirement is stated at the role level ('3+ years embedded software engineering experience') and is captured as the overall experience minimum, not tied to any single technology.
Bonus Skills (Assembly/ARM, RTOS concepts, LoRa/SigFox, DSP, oscilloscope debugging, web programming, startup/CM experience) are all listed under an explicit 'Bonus Skills' heading and are marked preferred.
The alt SOC (15-1253) is noted because the JD explicitly calls out unit test development and test plan writing, but the primary work is clearly firmware/software development, so 15-1252 is the clear winner.
No remote status is stated; the role is at a San Francisco-based company with no remote language, so on-site is assumed.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
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