# Senior Firmware Engineer

Description A South African security communication and telemetry company is seeking a hands-on Senior Firmware Engineer to take technical ownership of the end-to-end design, development, and maintenance of embedded firmware for the company's communicators, alarm panels, and IoT security devices. NB: Willing to pay relocation costs for the right candidate. Responsibilities: Firmware Architecture and Development: Design, implement, and maintain low-latency C/C++ firmware for microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M) powering GSM/LTE communicators and alarm panels. Communications and Protocols: Develop and optimize driver stacks (UART, SPI, I2C), cellular communications (GSM/LTE), and protocol handlers for reliable bi-directional alarm signaling. System Reliability and Security: Implement diagnostics, watchdog/recovery mechanisms, logging, and security practices to ensure maximum uptime and power efficiency. Hardware Integration and Bring-Up: Collaborate with hardware teams on schematic reviews, board bring-up, signal integrity, and design-for-manufacture (DFM). Software and Cloud Integration: Support OTA firmware updates, device provisioning, and backend/cloud API interfaces alongside th

- **Id**: 3907302
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hire-resolve-senior-firmware-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T06:01:03Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-29T06:01:03Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 14
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4073
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4513499
- **Name**: Hire Resolve
- **Domain**: hireresolve.za.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hire-resolve-5>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary

- **Min**: 1000000
- **Max**: 1200000
- **Currency**: ZAR
- **Period**: year
- **Gross**: yes
- **Usd annual**: 72706

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **FreeRTOS** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 14

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T03:58:45Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 51
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.537
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 12
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:12, agency, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 72706
- **Is top pay**: no

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