Firmware Engineer

Job Description

Hanwha Vision America, an affiliate of the Fortune Global 500 Hanwha Group, is a global leader in advanced network video surveillance and access control solutions. We deliver end-to-end security products—including access control systems, IP cameras, storage, and video management software—serving critical sectors such as retail, transportation, education, healthcare, finance, and critical infrastructure.

We are seeking a Senior C application developer to join our team, dedicated to pioneering the next generation of building access control solutions. You will be instrumental in developing high-performance, secure, and reliable firmware across our entire product line.

Key Responsibilities

You will act as a key technical leader, driving the strategic design and full-lifecycle delivery of the end-to-end solution, focusing on high-quality firmware application.

• Architect High-Performance Systems: Design and lead the implementation of scalable, C applications that maximize efficiency, reliability, and speed across multi-layered systems.
• Secure software Development: Design, implement, and maintain the secure software foundation for our products, ensuring robust integration with SDKs, storage systems, and cloud services.
• Vulnerability Analysis & Mitigation: Proactively analyze firmware and system architecture for potential security vulnerabilities and design robust, scalable countermeasures, driving a security-first development mindset.
• End-to-End Product Engineering: Drive the development, integration, and deployment of firmware across multiple hardware platforms, ensuring high quality and performance from prototype to mass production.
• Testing, Automation & CI/CD: Develop and maintain comprehensive unit, integration, and performance tests. Significantly contribute to the build and production test infrastructure, owning key components of the CI/CD pipeline.
• Code Quality & Architectural Refactoring: Conduct rigorous code reviews, champion best practices for maintainability, and proactively lead the refactoring of existing codebase components to ensure future feature readiness and technological longevity.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Experience: A minimum of 8 years of progressive professional experience as a C application developer, or in a similar leadership role.
• Proficiency: Expert-level proficiency C is mandatory.

Core Expertise & Technical Skills

Category

Key Technologies & Areas of Expertise

Networking

MQTT/HTTPS

Embedded Stack

Linux, Yocto, C

Toolchains & Infra

Cross-Platform Compilation (Toolchain), CMake/Make, Debuggers (GDB).

Achievements & Leadership

• Deployment Scale: Proven track record of developing and successfully deploying firmware to mass-market devices.
• Automation: Direct experience building and optimizing a sophisticated firmware CI/CD pipeline for continuous integration and automated testing.
• Troubleshooting Mastery: Proven ability to troubleshoot and diagnose complex, intermittent issues end-to-end across hardware, firmware, and network layers.