Embedded Firmware Engineer for MES-Integrated Autonomy

Cantos Ventures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental

401(k)

Job summary

Heaviside Industries seeks an embedded software engineer to design, implement, and debug firmware for microcontrollers and embedded Linux platforms used in precision munitions. You will translate cross-functional requirements into software architecture and collaborate across hardware, controls, and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities include building MES API integrations, writing tests, and documenting interfaces to ensure traceability from prototype to production.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and debugging firmware for microcontrollers and/or embedded Linux platforms.
• Ability to translate cross-functional systems requirements into embedded software design.
• Experience integrating with APIs or external systems (MES, ERP, or similar production/data systems).
• Strong testing discipline — writing unit/integration tests and building validation fixtures.
• Full-stack debugging across hardware, firmware, and network layers.
• Solid documentation habits around architecture and requirements traceability.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally across the full product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and debug firmware for microcontrollers and embedded Linux platforms (including Raspberry Pi).
• Translate requirements from hardware/controls/manufacturing into embedded software architecture and code.
• Build and maintain integrations with MES API — push data and pull work orders/recipes.

Skills

Embedded C

C++

Firmware debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

APIs / MES integration

Documentation

Hardware/network debugging

ITAR US person requirement

Tools

Raspberry Pi

MES API

Job description

Heaviside Industries seeks an embedded software engineer to design, implement, and debug firmware for microcontrollers and embedded Linux platforms used in precision munitions. You will translate cross-functional requirements into software architecture and collaborate across hardware, controls, and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities include building MES API integrations, writing tests, and documenting interfaces to ensure traceability from prototype to production.