Firmware Engineer - Embedded & Edge Energy Systems

Better Ventures; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health coverage through HRA

Retirement plan

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Critical Loop is seeking a software engineer to design and implement software for embedded drivers, device communications, and backend services used in energy systems.

You will work with hardware engineers on site controllers and grid-edge hardware, delivering data pipelines and telemetry interfaces while debugging near hardware. Hybrid role in Torrance, CA with ownership from design to field validation.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust with systems programming focus.
• Experience with Python or Go for services and data work.
• Firmware, drivers, or hardware-facing software for embedded targets.
• Ability to read schematics and debug near hardware (JTAG/serial).
• Backend services development for real-time, telemetry-driven systems.
• Ownership mindset in fast-paced startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software spanning embedded drivers, device communications, backend services, data pipelines, and operator-facing interfaces.
• Develop network communication and driver layers for site controllers and distributed energy resources.
• Build and maintain automated data pipelines for utility interval data analysis and real-time energy monitoring.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to develop and iterate on embedded system designs.
• Architect reliable, observable, maintainable, deployable systems across distributed sites.
• Participate in hardware bring-up, field testing, and deployment of deployed systems.
• Own features from initial design through deployment and field validation.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Python/Go

embedded targets

backend services

hardware debugging

Education

Physics / Computer Engineering / Electrical Eng

Job description

Critical Loop is seeking a software engineer to design and implement software for embedded drivers, device communications, and backend services used in energy systems.

You will work with hardware engineers on site controllers and grid-edge hardware, delivering data pipelines and telemetry interfaces while debugging near hardware. Hybrid role in Torrance, CA with ownership from design to field validation.