{"id":1619514,"url":"https://alion.io/job/crestron-firmware-engineering","title":"Firmware Engineering","company":{"id":181558,"name":"Crestron","domain":"crestron.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/crestron","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Dayforce","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":70,"open_postings":34,"ghost_share":0.5,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-05T05:45:15Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":85000,"max_usd":168000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":491},"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"RTOS","optional":true},{"name":"Zigbee","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-05-07T04:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-01","last_verified_at":"2026-10-06T00:46:19Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":151,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":151},"description":"Our Lighting Group is growing, and we're looking for a Firmware Engineer to dive in and help us build the next generation of our lighting and environmental control products. This role requires your presence at our Rockleigh campus for at least 3 days a week to facilitate hands-on testing and collaboration. If you enjoy tackling complex embedded challenges and want to see your work directly impact innovative products like advanced thermostats, keypads, smart shades, and system controllers, this is for you. We need an engineer who isn't afraid to get their hands dirty, solve tough problems, and can work independently and collaborate effectively to get things done.\n\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nYou'll be a key player in our firmware development team, at first learning from our subject matter experts, then taking ownership of the complete firmware lifecycle for new and existing products. This means:\nHelping to review and revise product requirements to ensure technical feasibility and clarity from a firmware perspective.\nDesigning, developing, and debugging firmware for our embedded systems, focusing on our Lighting and Environmental product lines (primarily thermostats, keypads, shades, and controllers)\nCollaborating closely with hardware engineers and other developers to integrate firmware and troubleshoot system-level issues.\nAssisting hardware engineers with new board bring-up, then taking the lead on implementing and running firmware-centric design verification tests (DVT) and performing real-time debugging\nCreating clear technical documentation including design specifications and test procedures.\nSupporting the products you help create, ensuring they meet our quality standards and customer expectations.\nWhat You'll Bring: \nWe're looking for someone who can be productive quickly. You'll need.\nAt least 3 years of hands-on embedded firmware development experience, covering all phases from initial board bring-up support and DVT to real-time debugging and system testing\nStrong C/C++ programming skills and a deep understanding of microcontroller architectures\nProven ability to diagnose and solve complex system-level problem\nGood communication skills – you can explain technical concepts clearly, both verbally and in writing\nA proactive, self-motivated approach with a commitment to delivering quality work. You thrive in a team and can adapt to a fast-paced development cycle\nBonus Points if You Have Experience With:\nThese skills aren't mandatory, but they'll help you make an even bigger impact:\nMatter/Thread connectivity (including commissioning and device interoperability). Important!\nControl Theory (e.g., PID controllers, loop filters)\nReal-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) – Free RTOS is a significant plus\nCommunication protocols such as Ethernet, Bluetooth (BLE), 802.15.4/Mesh (e.g., Zigbee).\nModern embedded security protocols and best practices.\nLighting control systems and DALI technology.\nCommon peripheral interfaces like UART, I2C, SPI, and USB.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2987,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Science & Engineering","Electrical & Electronic Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T20:42:21Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.219,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":151,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","ghost","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-05T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/crestron-firmware-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/crestron-firmware-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-06T02:26:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3741,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1259,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":181558},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=181558"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcrestron-firmware-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcrestron-firmware-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcrestron-firmware-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/crestron-firmware-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcrestron-firmware-engineering"}]}