Embedded Firmware Engineer – MCU/RTOS, Defense Tech

Talanto; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril is seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our Sentry Firmware team in Irvine, CA. You’ll develop low-level firmware for microcontrollers, build reusable drivers, and own embedded projects from design to delivery.

You will mentor peers, contribute to team direction, and debug across electrical, firmware, and software domains using JTAG, SWD, scopes, and logic analyzers. Strong C and MCU experience required; security clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience.
• 3+ years of experience in firmware/embedded software development, with a focus on embedded systems.
• Expert level C coding ability for embedded systems.
• Demonstrated success creating complex MCU projects that communicate between multiple boards or systems.
• Broad experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.).
• Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors.
• Experience developing firmware in bare-metal and/or RTOS environments.
• Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers.
• Extensive experience with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
• Take full ownership of design, implementation and completion of embedded firmware projects
• Mentor other firmware engineers and help teach best practices in design engineering
• Contribute to team direction, policy and guidance
• Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
• Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with electrical engineering team
• Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages

Skills

Embedded firmware

C programming

ARM/AVR cores

Sensor integration

JTAG/SWD debugging

Bare-metal/RTOS

Multi-project management

Debugging

Electrical knowledge

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE/EE

Tools

JTAG

SWD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

USB

SPI

I2C

CAN

Ethernet

Job description

Anduril is seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our Sentry Firmware team in Irvine, CA. You’ll develop low-level firmware for microcontrollers, build reusable drivers, and own embedded projects from design to delivery.

You will mentor peers, contribute to team direction, and debug across electrical, firmware, and software domains using JTAG, SWD, scopes, and logic analyzers. Strong C and MCU experience required; security clearance preferred.