Embedded Systems Engineer for Field-Ready Robotic Platforms

Terranova

Berkeley (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

27 hours ago

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Job summary

Terranova is hiring a hands-on Embedded Systems Engineer to take ideas from schematic to prototype and production for robotic platforms. You will develop firmware for STM32/ARM Cortex-M devices, design PCBs, and integrate sensors, radios, and power electronics.

The role spans embedded software, hardware bring-up, and cloud-backed tooling. You will also build Yocto images, contribute Go/TypeScript services, and work with Google Cloud and Cloudflare serverless to run deployed gateways and edge

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
U.S. permanent residency.

Responsibilities

Develop and debug embedded firmware in C/C++ with FreeRTOS for STM32 or similar ARM Cortex-M systems.
Design and review multilayer mixed-signal schematics / PCBs in Altium Designer.
Integrate sensors, radios, and power electronics with reliable, low-latency interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, CAN, SDIO).
Design and integrate long-range low-power wireless systems (XBee, LoRa) into deployed platforms.
Build and maintain Yocto Linux images for embedded gateways and edge compute systems.
Contribute to backend services and tooling in Go and TypeScript, including SQL data layers and Vue/React frontends.
Deploy and operate cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud and Cloudflare's serverless platform.
Characterize and optimize power budgets, EMI performance, and manufacturability.
Bring-up, test, and validate hardware prototypes through DFM/DFT cycles.
Support system integration and field debugging of deployed robotic platforms.
Thrive at the pace and intensity of early-stage startup life, including long days, 6-day workweeks, and extended field hours.