StaffEmbeddedEngineer(NPITechLead)

RESPONSIBILITIES: - - Provide technical leadership and architectural ownership for firmware platforms and system-level components used across one or more WHOOP product lines. - Design, develop, and test embedded firmware in C, contributing hands-on to critical areas while ensuring solutions scale across platforms and product generations. - Autonomously identify, define, and drive solutions to ambiguous, cross-cutting firmware and system-level problems with long-term departmental impact. - Influence firmware, hardware, and manufacturing roadmaps by identifying technical risks, opportunities, and strategic investments across multiple quarters. - Lead the resolution of complex, cross-team issues spanning firmware, hardware, manufacturing, and system integration, including root cause analysis and long-term prevention. - Define and uphold firmware architecture standards, documentation practices, and design review expectations adopted across the Embedded group. - Lead code and design reviews across teams, setting the bar for clarity, correctness, maintainability, and long-term quality. - Define and drive scalable testing, validation, and CI strategies that improve firmware quality and developer velocity across teams. - Influence hardware design decisions by evaluating components, defining firmware-hardware interfaces, and proactively identifying system-level tradeoffs. - Drive alignment across Electrical, Signal Processing, Mobile, Manufacturing, and Product teams, resolving ambiguity and ensuring cohesive system design. - Mentor and sponsor senior engineers and emerging technical leaders, multiplying impact by raising the technical bar across teams. - Identify and drive strategic investments that improve performance, power efficiency, stability, and reliability across firmware platforms. - Leverage AI and emerging development tools to improve firmware development practices, establishing best practices across the Embedded group. REQUIREMENTS: - - Bachelor’s or Master’s de