Embedded Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vessels (Equity)

Greywright Inc; Boston; On-site; PHP 5,678,000 - 9,464,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Greywright Inc. is seeking an Embedded Systems Engineer to build and improve onboard computing that connects sensors, autonomy software, and vehicle systems on autonomous vessels.

You will work on embedded platforms, integrate sensors and I/O, and develop health monitoring and safe-fail capabilities for uncrewed craft. You will collaborate with the GNC, software, electrical, and networks teams to extend baselines and run your work on real vessels at sea, including hardware bring-up, testing in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of embedded systems experience, including fielded hardware.
• Strong C and C++ skills, plus Python or Bash for tooling and automation.
• Experience integrating sensors over common interfaces (Ethernet, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Experience designing watchdogs, health monitoring, or fault handling for unattended systems.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded software on onboard vehicle computers, including BSPs, device drivers, boot config, and services.
• Integrate sensors and I/O (IMUs, GNSS, radar, cameras, payloads) over Ethernet, CAN, serial, SPI, I2C.
• Manage time synchronization and timestamping across sensors and compute (PTP, PPS) for accurate data.
• Build health monitoring, watchdogs, and fault detection reporting system status and safe behavior.
• Implement fail-safe and degraded-mode behaviors with GNC, autonomy, and systems teams.
• Harden onboard systems (secure boot, access control, field updates).
• Profile and optimize performance, latency, and resource use on constrained hardware.
• Bring up new hardware with electrical team; debug on bench, HIL setups, and in the field.
• Document interfaces, configurations, and procedures.

Skills

C++

C

Python

Embedded systems

Device drivers

Sensor integration

Education

B.S. in Computer Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

GCC / Make

Job description

Greywright Inc. is seeking an Embedded Systems Engineer to build and improve onboard computing that connects sensors, autonomy software, and vehicle systems on autonomous vessels.

You will work on embedded platforms, integrate sensors and I/O, and develop health monitoring and safe-fail capabilities for uncrewed craft. You will collaborate with the GNC, software, electrical, and networks teams to extend baselines and run your work on real vessels at sea, including hardware bring-up, testing in