Senior Firmware Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Firmware Engineer role is onsite in Houston, TX, with some overnight domestic and international travel and local travel between company locations and testing facilities. Compensation is not specified. CNPC USA is the North American headquarters of China National Petroleum Company and develops technologies for oil and gas exploration and production. The engineer leads embedded firmware architecture and development for measurement-while-drilling and logging-while-drilling tools, including high-speed mud pulse telemetry. The role advances systems from design through field deployment while establishing firmware practices and supporting product reliability.

What you'll do

• Own firmware architecture for MWD/LWD tools
• design and optimize mud pulse telemetry
• develop and debug embedded C/C++ firmware
• build signal-processing and noise-mitigation algorithms
• integrate firmware with hardware, sensors, and surface software
• lead verification, qualification, and reliability testing
• support field deployment and product sustainment
• establish development standards and mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior firmware engineer

embedded firmware

c/c++

mwd

lwd

mud pulse telemetry

signal processing

oil and gas technology

houston tx

cnpc usa

domestic and international travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The role focuses on high-speed mud pulse telemetry and end-to-end downhole-to-surface system performance, with technical leadership and mentoring responsibilities but no direct supervisory responsibility.

About the employer

Cnpc Usa Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations. Sector: 21.