Embedded / Firmware Engineer
📌San Francisco, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ mid-level
on-site
Aurelius Systems is a directed energy company developing edge-deployed laser systems for counter-unmanned aerial systems (cUAS)—we shoot down drones with laser guns. In an era where threats are increasingly small, numerous, and easily manufactured, our mission is to provide scalable, advanced, and cost-effective defense solutions for the US and our allies. We're building our team to launch our flagship product: the Archimedes laser sentinel. Join us in delivering cutting-edge technologies to protect our servicemen, servicewomen, and domestic security forces.
Role Overview
We are seeking an inventive Embedded/Firmware Engineer to drive the design, development, and integration of embedded systems, robotics interfaces, integrated sensors, motors, and embedded computing solutions for rugged, edge-deployed laser defense systems. You will lead firmware development, embedded PCB design, sensor integration, and validation of field-ready robotic platforms. This role spans concept through production, emphasizing a strong bias toward hands-on testing and iterative prototyping in demanding defense environments.
Key Duties And Responsibilities
Embedded Firmware Development and Test:
- Develop, test, and maintain firmware for embedded controllers, motor drivers, and integrated sensors.
- Implement real-time control systems, sensor data acquisition, and processing algorithms.
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Implement firmware test methodologies and frameworks for debugging and reliability.
- Design and validate custom embedded PCBs integrating microcontrollers, sensors, motor drivers, and communication interfaces.
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Perform simulations and analyses to optimize system performance, reliability, and robustness.
- Integrate and validate various sensors (IMUs, LIDAR, cameras) and motors with embedded platforms.
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Develop robust motor control firmware ensuring precise, reliable, and efficient operation.
- Drive hands-on prototyping, assembly, and rigorous field testing of embedded electronic systems.
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Execute environmental, vibration, shock, and robustness tests to validate embedded system reliability.
- Conduct DFM reviews to optimize embedded electronics designs for efficient, reliable, and cost-effective production.
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Collaborate closely with suppliers and fabricators to ensure manufacturability and quality standards.
- Communicates directly and intuitively via software integrations with other computing devices.
- Partner with mechanical, optical, and robotics teams to integrate embedded electronics into laser platforms.
- Architect software integrations designed to interface with multi-computer systems.
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Provide technical guidance during system assembly, integration, and field deployment.
- Generate detailed schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams, firmware documentation, and assembly instructions.
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Ensure compliance with relevant safety standards, MIL-STD, and ITAR requirements.
- Hyper-engineer - Brain only releases dopamine when building.
- 3-8 years in electrical engineering, embedded systems, firmware engineering, or robotics roles (defense, aerospace, robotics).
- Proficient in embedded C/C++, Python, RTOS, and firmware development and deployment tools.
- Strong background in PCB design tools (Altium Designer, KiCad) and embedded system integration.
- Hands-on experience with sensor integration, motor control, and rugged electronic system deployment.
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Familiarity with thermal management, EMI/EMC considerations, and defense-grade security and reliability specifications.
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BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
- Extreme bias for action, rigorous testing mindset, and strong problem-solving abilities.
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Excellent communication, collaboration, and adaptability in a fast-paced development environment.
- Experience with ruggedized embedded systems deployed in harsh environments.
- Familiarity with MIL-STD standards and ITAR compliance.
- Background in real-time robotics control systems.
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Security clearance or ability to obtain one.
- Drive innovation in cutting-edge directed energy defense technology.
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Contribute directly to national security with robust and scalable hardware solutions.
We work 6 days a week, onsite, with one saturday off a month.
Please submit your resume and a brief summary of your most impactful project involving embedded systems, firmware, or robotics.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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