Staff Embedded Systems Engineer
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Staff Embedded Systems Engineer developing production-grade firmware for energy storage systems. Collaborating with a team to support hardware and software integration in a rapidly growing company.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting and mentoring a small team of firmware engineers—ensuring technical direction matches the architectural intent, reviewing designs, and building a culture of responsiveness and collaboration.
- Developing firmware features across our energy storage product lines: telemetry, control loops, cloud connectivity, and hardware abstraction layers.
- Owning system integration —working closely with hardware, data, and software teams to ensure seamless interoperability across the full stack.
- Driving quality through design reviews, automated testing, and documentation. (We believe engineers own their own QA.)
- Debugging and optimizing real-time embedded applications and serial communication interfaces in the field and in the lab.
- Supporting scaling operations —deployment tooling, remote monitoring, and root-cause analysis of field issues across a growing fleet.
- Participate in on-call rotation for escalated technical issues.
Requirements:
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing commercial embedded software or firmware applications
- Strong Python proficiency and real production experience running Python on Embedded Linux (Yocto or similar)
- Solid understanding of serial communication protocols—RS-485, Modbus, I²C, CAN, Ethernet
- Experience with real-time embedded systems: multi-threading, inter-process communication, timing constraints
- Ability to read schematics and PCB layouts to troubleshoot hardware integration issues
- Proven track record leading or mentoring engineers on technical projects.
Benefits:
- Employee Rewards Package including Equity
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Health Benefits Package: Choice between traditional PPO or HSA eligible medical plans; Dental insurance; and Vision insurance
- Human-centered Paid Time Off including Unlimited Discretionary PTO; 10-days paid company holidays; Waiting period-free 100% paid parental leave
- Torus paid Life and AD&D Insurance with option to purchase additional coverage
- Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Peer Recognition Program




















