Firmware/Software Engineer
Taipei
Engineering /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Who We Are
At Framework, we believe the time has come for products that are designed to last. Founded in San Francisco in 2019, our mission is to remake Consumer Electronics to respect people and the planet.
We've started with two award-winning products, the Framework Laptop 13 and 16. Our laptops are thin, light, high-performance notebooks that can be upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that no other notebook can. Alongside this, we've launched the Framework Marketplace to enable an ecosystem of parts and modules. We've seen a fantastic reception to both of our laptops from customers and reviewers from outlets like Linus Tech Tips, Ars Technica, and multiple Wirecutter reviews (including a recommendation among the best Windows Ultrabooks of 2024), along with making TIME's Best Inventions lists in 2021 and 2023. As a company, we were #35 on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2022.
We come from successful consumer electronics startups including the founding team of Oculus, and have closed multiple rounds of funding to fuel our roadmap. Even better (and maybe unusually for an early stage startup), we're in a financially healthy position going forward off of our product revenue. We care deeply about building a diverse and inclusive team, and we hope you do too!
We are looking for a Software/Firmware Engineer based in Taiwan to support software development across our product line. Our products are designed to be open and transparent, and that extends to how we think about firmware and software. We care deeply about open-source software and exposing greater configurability to people who want it. As one of the early engineers in Framework, you'll also have a high level of influence on our products and software philosophy going forward.
This role is a full-time hybrid position based in Taiwan. We have an office in Xinyi Dist, and members of our engineering team typically spend up to a few days a week together in the office. This position will require some local and international travel to partners and our San Francisco, CA headquarters.
What You'll Do
- Own the end to end software development and releases for BIOS, EC, and driver software updates.
- Gathering issues reported by customers and third parties, and fixing directly or passing issues along to the relevant teams, tracking progress across internal teams and partners.
- Working with our internal and external validation labs to reproduce issues and develop reproduction cases.
- Track and close security issues reported by partners through the sustaining product lifecycle.
- Work closely with our community team to debug customer beta issues and coordinate software release notifications.
What You Need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Ability to work effectively with external engineering teams across our ODM partners.
- 5+ years of experience in firmware development and software engineering for electronics products.
- A background in developing software projects end to end.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with other engineers and program managers.
- Strong written and verbal English communication abilities and familiarity with working across time zones.
What’s Nice to Have
- A passion for environmentalism and/or DIY.
- Expertise with software and firmware development in a startup.
- Expertise at embedded firmware development in C and scripting in Python or similar languages.
- Previous experience with coreboot, Tianocore, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, CMSIS, or other open-source firmware or RTOS platforms.
- Familiarity with system-level software and drivers on Windows and/or Linux.
- Experience developing utilities for automation, debugging, and diagnostics.
- A strong understanding of adjacent functional areas like electrical engineering.
- Experience working as a remote member of an international team.
What You'll Love
- Competitive salary, equity, and health benefits
- Paid company holidays plus 20 vacation days per year
- Paid Parental Leave
- Annual Health Checks
- Flexible work hours and locations, including every other Monday off!
- The chance to work at a startup that is making a positive social and environmental impact
Equal Opportunity
We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know by reaching out to accommodations@frame.work.
