Principal Accountabilities
Creates and develops first article for firmware programming per customers’ technical specifications.
• Independently create and develop first article for firmware programming per customers’ technical specifications and by analyzing technical data to determine appropriate setup criteria and programming platform.
• Acts as technical leader for major aspects of component programming and is required to interface with customers’ firmware design engineers to resolve programming issues or to provide technical assistance.
• Required to author technical literature such as: QOI, Standard Works, Engineering bulletins, FQR and failure analysis reports.
• Monitors and reports on productivity and quality of first article prototypes.
Job Complexity
● Requires in-depth knowledge and experience
● Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions
● Works independently; receives minimal guidance
● Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
● Represents the level at which career may stabilize for many years or even until retirement
● Contributes to process improvements
● Typically resolves problems using existing solutions
● Provides informal guidance to junior staff
● Works with minimal guidance
Experience / Education
Typically requires 5–7 years of related experience with a 4 year degree; or 3 years and an advanced degree; or equivalent work experience.
Skills Required
- 5–7 years of related experience with a four-year degree
- Alternatively, 3 years of related experience with an advanced degree
- Equivalent work experience may substitute for the stated education and experience combination
- In-depth knowledge and experience in component or firmware programming
- Ability to analyze technical data and determine programming setup criteria and platforms
- Ability to interface with customer firmware design engineers and resolve programming issues
- Ability to author technical literature, including standard works, engineering bulletins, FQRs, and failure analysis reports
Arrow Electronics, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arrow Electronics, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Arrow Electronics, Inc..
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Affordable Benefits — Medical coverage includes multiple options with income-tiered employer contributions that substantially reduce costs for lower-wage employees (the base plan was heavily subsidized for earners under $55,000). These affordability measures, alongside EAP and telemedicine, help the overall package offset middling base pay in some roles.
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Parental & Family Support — New parents receive fully paid leave (six weeks at 100% pay in prior materials, with more recent reporting of up to 12 weeks fully paid for the delivering parent in the U.S.). Backup dependent care and related family supports are also provided.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Many salaried roles have unlimited PTO, while hourly staff receive competitive accrual-based PTO, with added flexibility from floating holidays and observance of MLK Day. These options indicate a broad time-off framework across employee groups.
Arrow Electronics, Inc. Insights
What We Do
A Fortune 500 company, ranked #133 in 2024, with over 22,000 employees worldwide, Arrow guides innovation forward for over 220,000 leading technology manufacturers and service providers. With 2023 sales of $33 billion, Arrow develops technology solutions that improve business and daily life. Arrow.com is the easiest place for innovators to create, make and manage technology.
Why Work With Us
Arrow is much more than products and services. We are a team of many backgrounds in a global ecosystem, working toward one common goal: to help customers create a better tomorrow, where innovation improves the quality of life and the benefits of technology are more accessible to all. Join us in building a better tomorrow for many!
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