Embedded Firmware Engineer: Motor Control for Defense

Salient Motion

Torrance (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Flexible PTO

401K

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Salient Motion is seeking an embedded software engineer to work across firmware and hardware for defense-grade motion control systems. You will write C for STM32 microcontrollers, bring up new hardware, and debug board-level issues alongside electrical and mechanical engineers.

The role is primarily on-site in Torrance, CA, with relocation assistance and comprehensive benefits. U.S. citizenship is required for defense projects.

Qualifications

U.S. citizenship is required for defense projects.
2–3 years embedded C programming experience.
Experience with RTOS such as ThreadX, FreeRTOS or Zephyr.
Experience with multiple communication interfaces (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, Ethernet or BiSS-C).
Ability to read schematics and debug hardware using scopes/logic analyzers.
On-site work required (majority on-site presence).

Responsibilities

Write firmware in C for STM32 microcontrollers, focusing on motor controllers.
End-to-end development: derive requirements, design, implement and verify.
Bring up new hardware and debug with motor-control and electrical engineers.
Support mechanical team with actuator design and verification.
Diagnose hardware issues (e.g., Ethernet PHY CRC errors) using oscilloscope analysis.

Skills

Embedded C programming

RTOS (ThreadX/FreeRTOS/Zephyr)

STM32

SPI

I2C

CAN

UART

Ethernet

BiSS-C

Schematic reading

Oscilloscope debugging

JTAG/SWD (J-Link,Lauterbach,Ozone)

Tools

J-Link

Lauterbach

Ozone

Job description

The role is primarily on-site in Torrance, CA, with relocation assistance and comprehensive benefits. U.S. citizenship is required for defense projects.

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