Embedded Systems Engineer — Real-Time Robotics & Autonomy

Heaviside Industries, Inc.; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Heaviside Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, is seeking a software engineer to write robust C/C++ and Python for resource-constrained, real-time autonomous munitions software, collaborating with electrical, mechanical, RF, and systems engineers.

You will design and maintain software for autonomous systems, build interfaces to sensors, radios, actuators, and perform testing including hardware-in-the-loop and field tests.

Qualifications

• Experience in C/C++ and Python for resource-constrained, real-time systems.
• Embedded Linux or RTOS, cross-compilation, hardware/software debugging.
• Experience integrating sensors, radios, actuators in production or field tests.

Responsibilities

• Write robust C, C++, and Python for real-time environments on Linux/RTOS targets.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, RF, and systems engineers from prototype to production.
• Design and maintain software for autonomous systems including embedded software and ground tools.
• Build software interfaces to sensors, radios, actuators, and hardware; validate on bench and in field.
• Develop simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and automated test infrastructure.
• Support integration campaigns and field tests, debugging live hardware and providing fixes.
• Contribute to fast-moving team practices: code reviews, CI, and pragmatic docs.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Embedded Linux

Real-time OS

Cross-compilation

Debugging hardware/software boundary

UART

SPI

I2C

CAN

Ethernet

Network programming

Sensors integration

Actuators integration

Git

Code review

CI

Documentation

Ambiguity tolerance

NixOS

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

JTAG

ROS

Simulation/HIL

Tools

Git

CI

JTAG/SWD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Serial-console tooling

ROS

Simulation/HIL

Job description

Heaviside Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA, is seeking a software engineer to write robust C/C++ and Python for resource-constrained, real-time autonomous munitions software, collaborating with electrical, mechanical, RF, and systems engineers.

You will design and maintain software for autonomous systems, build interfaces to sensors, radios, actuators, and perform testing including hardware-in-the-loop and field tests.