Firmware Engineer - Fully Remote | Up to $120/hr

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Software & Firmware Engineering Experts Type: Contract Compensation: $100–$120/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Apply hands-on expertise in software , firmware , and digital hardware to complex engineering tasks involving real physical systems.

Review and evaluate embedded firmware , FPGA/RTL designs , flight software , test automation frameworks , and hardware interfaces . Analyze architecture and implementation trade-offs involving real-time performance , timing , memory , and hardware/software integration .

Assess technical correctness, robustness, and feasibility of solutions for embedded and hardware-connected systems. Identify implementation errors, race conditions, interface failures, and other system-level failure modes.

Develop or review engineering problems, reference implementations, test cases, and technical documentation.

Qualifications

Must-Have 5+ years of professional experience in software , firmware , FPGA , or embedded systems engineering . At least 3 years of recent hands-on experience with real hardware. Experience as the responsible engineer for production hardware-connected software or firmware.

Deep expertise in embedded firmware , FPGA/RTL design , flight software , or hardware test automation . Strong command of technologies like C/C++ , Python , RTOS , embedded Linux , and FPGA toolchains . Extensive experience debugging software-hardware interactions using tools like JTAG/SWD debuggers and oscilloscopes .

Proven experience in real-world product or hardware manufacturing environments. Preferred Experience with companies designing, building, and manufacturing physical hardware or embedded systems. Relevant organizations include Lockheed Martin , Blue Origin , Tesla , NVIDIA , Ap