Hybrid Embedded Firmware Engineer for Grid-Edge Systems

Doist; Torrance (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Health coverage via HRA with generous

Retirement plan

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Critical Loop is shaping the next generation of energy systems with embedded software spanning drivers, device communications, and backend services. You will work closely with hardware engineers to develop and field-test software for distributed energy resources, balancing reliability with performance.

The role covers firmware, driver development, and backend service design, requiring comfort near hardware and reading schematics, with a startup-like environment in Torrance (hybrid).

Qualifications

• Proficiency in one or more systems programming languages (C, C++, Rust).
• Experience with higher-level languages for services/automation (Python, Go).
• Experience writing firmware, drivers, or hardware-facing software for embedded targets.
• Comfort working close to hardware, reading schematics, debugging with serial/JTAG, and timing concerns.
• Experience building backend services and APIs for real-time, distributed, or telemetry systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software spanning embedded drivers, device communications, backend services, data pipelines, and operator-facing interfaces.
• Develop the network communication and driver layers that power 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.
• Help architect systems that are reliable, observable, maintainable, and deployable across distributed sites.
• Participate in hardware bring-up, field testing, commissioning, and debugging of deployed systems.
• Own features from initial design through deployment and field validation.

Skills

C

C++

Rust

Python

Go

Embedded systems

Backend services

Education

BS in Physics/Computer Engineering/EE

Job description

Critical Loop is shaping the next generation of energy systems with embedded software spanning drivers, device communications, and backend services. You will work closely with hardware engineers to develop and field-test software for distributed energy resources, balancing reliability with performance.

The role covers firmware, driver development, and backend service design, requiring comfort near hardware and reading schematics, with a startup-like environment in Torrance (hybrid).