Principal Firmware Engineer

Post Date

Dec 23, 2025

Location

Westlake Village,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

91361
US
Mar 29, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

Engineering (Non IT)

Req #

DGO-c4c4226f-e16a-4547-9034-4e89e3990acd

Pay Rate

$160k - $200k (estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Principal Firmware Engineer to join a team of engineers, to develop and drive innovative products in the consumer and healthcare marketspace. Lead team members to forge and maintain a close working relationship with external contractors, suppliers, and vendors. Participate in the firmware team contributions to the product concepting process with cross-disciplined engineering teams by way of focus on Industrial Design, User Experience and Sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership and owns firmware in products within the Company’s portfolio, able to drive product development activities independently and with minimal supervision
• Responsible for the overall firmware architecture of product development
• Write and contribute high-quality code, including new features and bug fixes, to our repository
• Write test applications, programs, formal requirements, and relevant documentation
• Analyze systems and provide software support
• Estimate time required for coding tasks based on requirements and ensure timely follow-through on assignments
• Collaborate with the testing team to promptly identify and repair any bugs
• Maintain the strict and confidentiality of sensitive information
• Perform other job-related duties as required

Compensation: up to $200k (possible flex., based on experience) + Benefits

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

• Firmware Engineer background with 4-year college degree or equivalent years of experience
• 5+ years Firmware Engineering design experience
• Strong embedded C programming skills,
• Experience setting up and utilizing operating system (Zephyr preferred; FreeRTOS )
• Experience with software development tools like WSL, IDEs (VS Code), West, CMake, GNU, GIT, Jira, etc.
• Experience working electronic hardware, microcontrollers, serial communications (USART/I2C/SPI), embedded design, low level debugging using JTAG and similar tools
• Can read and understand schematics
• Expert comprehension of Microsoft tools (Teams, Excel, Visio, Project and Word)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• ARM Processors experience desired
• Experienced in hardware bring-up
• Experience coding applications using radio communications including cellular
• Experienced with device productization and launch
• Ability to travel overseas approximately 10% of the time
• Understanding IoT architecture a plus
• General understanding of power management / optimization
• Working knowledge of product development processes, gates and execution

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.