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Principal Firmware Engineer

Fellow · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Fellow

Fellow records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings for any team, with automatic action items and AI summaries. Enterprise security and compliance controls, and no AI training on your data. Backed by Felicis.

About the role

Fellow is looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical leader for our connected products, defining firmware and system architecture from prototype through production. A successful candidate will possess expert-level embedded engineering fundamentals paired with hands-on experience owning production firmware end to end — from architecture and development through OTA delivery and field reliability.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of embedded or firmware engineering experience, including ownership of system architecture or technical leadership for production products
  • Expert-level C/C++ development and strong command of RTOS concepts, embedded architecture, memory management, concurrency, interfaces, and performance optimization
  • Experience delivering connected devices from prototype through manufacturing, release, field operation, incident response, and long-term maintenance
  • Demonstrated ownership of firmware releases, OTA delivery, validation strategy, and cross-system debugging using real hardware, logs, telemetry, and test data
  • Ability to reason about electrical, thermal, control, reliability, safety, and cybersecurity risks and turn that analysis into practical engineering decisions
  • Autonomy of decision making and execution with supporting evidence
More about this role

We believe that the act of making should be meaningful and fulfilling, done with intention and precision. Fellow makes beautifully functional tools for any kitchen, designed in San Francisco and used around the world. When the simple motions of life become small moments of joy, that's Everyday Magic.™

We’re looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical leader for Fellow’s connected products. You will define and evolve firmware and system architecture, develop production embedded software, and ensure reliable integration across hardware, device UX, connectivity, mobile applications, and cloud services.

This role is based in our office in San Francisco, CA and is required to have an in office presence.

Fellow is looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical leader for our connected products, defining firmware and system architecture from prototype through production. A successful candidate will possess expert-level embedded engineering fundamentals paired with hands-on experience owning production firmware end to end — from architecture and development through OTA delivery and field reliability. This is a rare opportunity to...

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