Embedded Firmware Engineer – Motor Control & Hardware Debugging

Salient Motion; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation offered

Great benefits

Well funded

New hangar facility

Job summary

Salient Motion in Torrance, CA is looking for an embedded software engineer who can work across firmware and hardware. You will write C for STM32 microcontrollers, bring up new hardware, and debug board-level issues with scopes and schematics.

This role involves end-to-end development from requirements to verification, collaboration with motor-control and electrical engineers, and supporting actuator design and verification on defense projects.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years embedded C programming experience.
• RTOS experience - ThreadX, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or similar.
• Communication interface experience - SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, Ethernet.
• Hardware debugging with oscilloscopes/logic analyzers; schematic reading.
• On-site presence required (majority on-site).

Responsibilities

• Write firmware in C for STM32 microcontrollers, focusing on motor controllers.
• End-to-end development: derive requirements, design/architect, implement and verify.
• Bring up new hardware and debug issues with motor-control and electrical engineers.
• Support mechanical team with actuator design and verification.
• Diagnose Ethernet PHY CRC timing issues by analyzing clock timing and datasheets.

Skills

Embedded C programming

RTOS experience

Hardware debugging

Schematic reading

Communication interfaces

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

STM32 MCUs

Job description

Salient Motion in Torrance, CA is looking for an embedded software engineer who can work across firmware and hardware. You will write C for STM32 microcontrollers, bring up new hardware, and debug board-level issues with scopes and schematics.

This role involves end-to-end development from requirements to verification, collaboration with motor-control and electrical engineers, and supporting actuator design and verification on defense projects.