Sr Principal Engineer Firmware (m/f/d)

Sr Principal Engineer Firmware (m/f/d)

• Hybride (Mobile Office/ Onsite), Leipzig
• 01.01.2025
• Full-time
• Permanent

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

Do you want to contribute to our next generation of safety-oriented control systems, incorporate your ideas into safety and security and take on responsibility? Are you passionate about embedded systems and firmware development, do you enjoy working in agile, autonomous teams and thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment?
Then take advantage of this exciting opportunity! We are already on our way!
We are looking for a talented and experienced Firmware Engineer / Embedded Software Developer to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, verification and validation of firmware and embedded software for our next generation of safety-related control systems. You will work closely with hardware engineers and other team members to develop efficient, reliable and high-performance embedded systems.

• Technical leadership of strategic firmware projects
• Development of innovative firmware architectures and concepts
• Advising management on technical issues
• Establishing best practices and coding standards
• Promoting innovation and technological progress within the team
• Representation of strategic firmware projects to auditing organisations
• Representing the company at specialist conferences

YOUR PROFILE

• More than 10 years of experience in firmware development
• Proven expertise in the development of highly complex embedded systems
• Deep understanding of hardware architectures and system-on-chip (SoC) designs
• Deep experience with security or encryption technologies for embedded systems
• Knowledge of machine learning on embedded systems
• Experience with agile development methods and CI/CD processes
• Excellent communication skills and leadership experience
• Fluent English skills are a must have
• Good German language skills are nice to have

YOUR BENEFITS

• Flexibility and autonomy in an innovative and global work environment
• Attractive and secure workplace
• Flexible and tailored working hour models according to the area of application and the option for remote work
• Practice-oriented onboarding
• Targeted development opportunities
• Holiday and Christmas bonus
• Health Promotion
• Corporate Benefits and other appealing employee discounts
• Job bike/car leasing

CONTACT & FURTHER INFORMATION

The HIMA Group offers flexible working models. Besides the option of remote work, our employees can choose from various part-time models for specific positions. Job sharing is also possible for certain roles. Feel free to inquire about this.

Diversity and inclusion are more than just an image for us; they’re deeply embedded in our corporate culture. Therefore, we welcome all applications: regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, ethnic origin, or sexual identity.

For nationals from non-EU countries, please provide a valid residence and work permit.

Keep it simple. We don’t need a cover letter for your application.

If you have any questions about the application process or specific vacancies, please contact the HIMA Recruiting Team by email at

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