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Firmware Engineer|| Contract ||Sunnyvale CA, Santa Clara CA

Ztek Consulting INC
Sunnyvale, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 8/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/19/2026

Role name: Firmware Engineer

Work Location: Sunnyvale CA, Santa Clara CA

Type of hire: Contract

Summary:

  • The Reality Labs team is building products that make it easier for people to connect with the ones they love most. We are a team of world-class experts developing and shipping products at the intersection of silicon, hardware, software, and content. The Reality Labs team seeks a Silicon FW Validation Engineer.
  • As a Silicon Validation Engineer, you will be part of the RL Silicon Validation team validating high-performance silicon and leading the effort to ensure high-quality silicon delivery.
  • The main function of a firmware software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical firmware software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific and general computing applications.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Modify existing databases and database management systems.
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of the database to the management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
  • Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.

Skills:

  • Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Basic ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
  • Basic knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.
  • Basic ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue.
  • Basic knowledge of computer hardware and software.

Education/Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Modify existing databases and database management systems.
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of the database to the management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
  • Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.

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