Company Overview
Omni Instrument is an early-stage startup building autonomous manufacturing tools using edge devices, custom hardware, and advanced perception and control systems. Our focus is delivering reliable, production-ready systems that operate on a scale in real manufacturing environments.
Role Overview
We are hiring a
Firmware Validation and Certification Engineer
to own firmware quality and release readiness for production systems.
This role is responsible for defining validation strategy, building test infrastructure, and acting as the
final authority for firmware certification prior to manufacturing release
. The focus is not feature development, but ensuring firmware is reliable, repeatable, and robust across high production volumes and real-world conditions.
This is an on-site role in San Francisco, CA reporting directly to the CEO.
What You’ll Do
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Key Responsibilities
- Deeply analyze firmware behavior and confirm compliance with system requirements
- Define
pass/fail criteria, coverage metrics, and release thresholds
- Build tools to validate communication protocols (Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, USB, Linux IPC sockets, ROS2)
- Validate real-time behavior, timing constraints, and system stability
- Own validation documentation including
test plans, reports, and certification records
You Have
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Strong experience with
embedded systems and firmware validation
- Experience with
hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing
- Proficiency in C++ and/or Python for test development and automation
We Prefer
- Experience with NVIDIA Jetson, micro controls, and embedded Linux platforms
- Familiarity with Linux kernel concepts, multithreading, shared memory, and inter-process communication
- Experience with real-time systems and timing-sensitive applications
- Experience with continuous integration systems and automated testing pipelines
- Experience supporting manufacturing validation or production test environments
What Success Looks Like
- Firmware releases are
predictable, repeatable, and production-ready
- Validation infrastructure scales with product and manufacturing volume
- Failures are quickly identified, reproducible, and resolved before release
- Clear certification standards are defined, consistently enforced, and documented
