Staff Firmware Engineer at Juul Labs

THE COMPANY:

Juul Labs’ mission is to impact the lives of the world’s one billion adult smokers by eliminating combustible cigarettes. We have the opportunity to address one of the world’s most intractable challenges through a commitment to exceptional quality, research, design, and innovation. Backed by leading technology investors, we are committed to the same excellence when it comes to hiring great talent.

We are a diverse team that is united by this common purpose and we are hiring the world’s best engineers, scientists, designers, product managers, operations experts, and customer service and business professionals. If the opportunity to build your career at one of the fastest growing companies is compelling, read on for more details.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This is a hands-on role requiring a thorough study and understanding of existing designs, in order to
apply innovative engineering principles towards architecture design and firmware optimization. The Staff
Firmware Engineer works with new product development teams to support high-value engineering
activities. This person should be highly cross functional, and capable of leading the technical parts of a
firmware program, including architecture design, workstream planning, managing members of the team,
and working with external stakeholders. We are looking for someone who is flexible and can respond
quickly, energetically, and enthusiastically to changes. The Staff Firmware Engineer will be expected to
fulfill a wide breadth of roles on the engineering team, including technical lead, bug fixing, feature
implementation, and to lead root-cause analysis efforts, when needed. We are looking for a highly
motivated and talented individual with technical leadership experience, who will be responsible for
leading, designing, and optimizing high-quality embedded code that will bring these hardware products to
the next level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading a team of firmware engineers, and staging work appropriately for high-level deliverables
• Maintaining contact with the cross functional partners, escalating firmware concerns, and
accounting for any external dependencies, where appropriate
• Act as a mentor and voice of experience to the broader team
• Cross-functional organization, communication, and management
• Creating meetings and documenting action items and progress
• Travel to support manufacturing builds, and coordinating the firmware teams’ activities
• Reporting and presenting to senior management on project status and schedules
• Create, modify, and update code for new and existing products, delegate to functional team,
where appropriate
• Drive firmware solutions for improvements and high-level plan for factory test sequence
• Own and manage troubleshooting and debugging workstreams and expedite completion

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant firmware optimization experience in one or more of the following
areas: product design, new product release, test engineering, manufacturing support
• Previous experience with medical devices or other regulated products is desirable

• Proven excellent verbal/written communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Self-motivated, team player, with a strong desire to learn new skills and grow
• Experience with embedded microcontrollers and low power devices
• Demonstrable firmware architecture design experience and strong technical troubleshooting skills
• Ability to multi-task or focus on detailed problems, and tenacity to drive issues until resolved
• Software Experience - C is a must, as is experience with either Python or demonstrable
experience with a number of other scripting and/or high-level programming languages
• Real-time Operating System (RTOS)
• Understanding of serial communication protocols I2C, SPI, UART
• Working with EE to bring up a PCB
• Experience with sensors or other ICs communicating over SPI and/or I2C
• Preferred experience with BLE

EDUCATION:
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
• Associate degree with significant experience will be considered
• Master’s degree is a plus

JUUL LABS PERKS & BENEFITS:

A place to grow your career. We’ll help you set big goals - and exceed them
People. Work with talented, committed and supportive teammates
Equity and performance bonuses. Every employee is a stakeholder in our success
Cell phone subsidy, commuter benefits and discounts on JUUL products
Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits

Juul Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees and job applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Juul Labs also complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Juul Labs in the US.

SALARY RANGES:
Salary varies by role, level and location, and is dependent on the cost of labor in a given
geographic region among other factors. These ranges may be modified at any time.

SALARY RANGE:

$166,000—$248,999 USD

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