Hardware R&D & Manufacturing
/Individual contributor at the frontier
Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer
Embedded Firmware
Compensation
INR 22 - 42 LPA + equity.
Engagement
Full-Time
Permanent role. Full-time commitment. Primarily on-site, with limited remote flexibility.
Scope of role
Own complex problems end-to-end. Set technical direction. Mentor mid and junior teammates.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
Own the firmware for one of our hardware products end-to-end. Bare-metal or RTOS, on-device ML inference where it lands, sensor fusion, power management, OTA.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Own firmware end-to-end for one hardware product.
- 02 On-device ML inference (TFLite Micro / similar).
- 03 Sensor drivers + fusion.
- 04 Power management.
- 05 OTA + secure boot.
- 06 Mentor firmware engineers.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → You have shipped firmware to a real device at unit-volume of 1K+.
- → You can debug a power bug with an oscilloscope.
- → You have written your own OTA pipeline.
- → You write firmware that other firmware engineers learn from.
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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