Embedded Systems Software Engineer – Edge Robotics
📌CA, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ mid-level
💰 125000
on-site
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This role is onsite in Fremont, CA with anticipated day trip travel to Sacramento, CA once a week.
- Develop Python-based software to control and monitor embedded systems on Jetson platforms
- Write ROS2 (Jazzy) nodes to interface with vision, control, and sensor subsystems
- Integrate and manage ONVIF and MIPI cameras using GStreamer pipelines
- Build Docker containers for deployment to remote Jetson devices
- Interface with LTE modems, manage connectivity, and handle data uploads to cloud infrastructure
- Develop and maintain client code for API-based communication with remote databases
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Collaborate with CV, cloud, and hardware teams to ensure robust end-to-end integration
- BS or MS in relevant degree program - Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent
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2+ years developing Python-based software to control and monitor embedded systems on Jetson platforms
- Clean, modular, and testable Python code for ARM64 Linux systems
- Familiarity with concurrency tools (asyncio, threading) for I/O-heavy operations
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Experience writing ROS2 nodes, custom messages, service/action servers, and launch configurations
- ONVIF IP camera control and streaming (Python + GStreamer or ffmpeg)
- GStreamer pipelines for multiple simultaneous video streams
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Optional experience with MIPI CSI-2 and V4L2
- Use of Greengrass for edge function/container deployment, S3 for storage
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Auth via Cognito, IAM roles, or embedded credentials
- Building, running, and debugging Docker containers on Jetson platforms
- Bash scripting for device setup, monitoring, and lifecycle management
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Familiarity with Jetpack SDK, systemd, and logging tools
- Writing robust clients to communicate with RESTful APIs
- Data serialization, payload structuring, and retry logic
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Direct or indirect interaction with PostgreSQL systems
- Field robotics deployment experience
- Experience with edge telemetry, log compression, and backpressure handling
- Familiarity with secure credential storage (e.g., AWS IoT Greengrass Secrets Manager)
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Monitoring and testing frameworks (pytest, Prometheus, node_exporter)
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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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