Embedded Firmware Engineer – Hardware/Software Integration

Digitailor; El Segundo (CA); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Unlimited PTO and holidays

Parental leave

Lunch at El Segundo headquarters

Relocation assistance

Descripción de la vacante

Rainmaker seeks an experienced embedded firmware engineer to own the vehicle firmware and its integration with onboard and ground control software. You will bring up boards, write drivers, and ensure reliable operation in real-world conditions.

You will work with Rust and C/C++, CAN/UART/SPI/I2C, and collaborate with hardware engineers and flight operations. This hands-on role offers technical ownership, with stock options and strong benefits.

Formación

• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing embedded software or firmware for microcontroller-based systems.
• Ownership of an embedded subsystem from design through release and ongoing support.
• Strong systems programming skills in Rust and/or C/C++, across Rust and C/C++ codebases.

Responsabilidades

• Own the architecture, implementation, and maintenance of all embedded firmware across the vehicle, including flight-controller firmware, power distribution, sensors, and seeding payloads.
• Set firmware priorities, identify reliability risks and technical gaps, and drive projects from an ambiguous problem to a validated release.
• Bring up new boards with electrical engineers: read schematics, validate interfaces, write drivers, and debug failures at the hardware-software boundary.
• Develop dependable device communication over CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C with clear telemetry contracts.
• Integrate firmware with vehicle software ensuring consistent commands, state, and telemetry from MCU to operator.
• Design safe startup states, watchdogs, interlocks, and recovery for resets and faults.
• Own firmware builds, versioning, flashing, OTA updates, and recovery workflows for traceable software.
• Build automated tests, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop coverage to catch regressions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and flight operations to make provisioning, calibration, diagnostics repeatable.
• Investigate bench/field failures using logs and telemetry; resolve root causes to improve software and tests.

Conocimientos

Rust

C/C++

Embedded software

CAN bus

UART

SPI

I2C

Version control

Testing automation

High agency

Herramientas

PX4

MAVLink

Flight-controller dev

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Hardware debugger

GCC/Compiler

Descripción del empleo

Rainmaker seeks an experienced embedded firmware engineer to own the vehicle firmware and its integration with onboard and ground control software. You will bring up boards, write drivers, and ensure reliable operation in real-world conditions.

You will work with Rust and C/C++, CAN/UART/SPI/I2C, and collaborate with hardware engineers and flight operations. This hands-on role offers technical ownership, with stock options and strong benefits.