The Associate Principal Firmware Engineer provides advanced technical leadership in the design, development, and integration of embedded firmware for Leica’s microscopy systems. The role translates complex system‑level requirements into robust firmware solutions and supports seamless integration with electronics, optics, mechanics, software, and V&V functions. This position collaborates closely with R&D, RA/QA, Product Management, Operations, and global engineering teams to ensure high performance, reliability, and technical quality throughout the product lifecycle. Key challenges include managing increasing firmware complexity, influencing subsystem‑level architecture decisions, ensuring timely integration across multidisciplinary domains, and supporting regulatory and quality expectations while driving improvements to processes, architecture, and tools.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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