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Actalent Firmware Engineer in Sunrise, Florida
Job Title: Sr Firmware Engineer
Job Description
A leading medical robotics organization is seeking a Sr Firmware Engineer to play a critical role in the design, development, and commercialization of next-generation robotic medical systems. This role will focus on architecting, implementing, and sustaining safety-critical embedded firmware within a regulated medical device environment. The ideal candidate brings deep embedded systems expertise, a strong sense of ownership, and proven experience guiding complex firmware from early development through clinical use and regulatory approval.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware for robotic medical devices, including real-time control, sensing, and actuation.
Lead firmware architecture decisions for safety-critical, real-time embedded systems.
Develop low-level drivers for peripherals such as motors, encoders, sensors, imaging components, and communication interfaces (e.g., SPI, I²C).
Implement and maintain firmware on modern microcontroller platforms (e.g., programmable system-on-chip or comparable architectures).
Collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, systems, quality, and regulatory stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
Support design verification and validation (V&V) activities, including unit, integration, and system-level testing.
Contribute to risk management activities (e.g., hazard analysis and mitigation) with a focus on firmware-related controls.
Develop and maintain firmware documentation to support regulatory submissions, design history files (DHF), and traceability.
Participate in root cause analysis and corrective actions for firmware-related issues identified during testing or clinical use.
Essential Skills
10+ years of professional firmware development experience.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Extensive experience developing firmware in C/C++.
Proven experience working in a regulated environment, with a preference for medical devices.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Solid understanding of real-time systems, interrupts, timers, memory management, and low-level hardware interaction.
Experience with RTOS-based systems.
Experience with QP/C real-time event framework.
Work Environment
The position is onsite in Sunrise with flexibility for 2 days remote once established. The work environment includes an office building equipped with a lab.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Sunrise, FL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $80.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Sunrise,FL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 16, 2026.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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