Part-Time Embedded Systems Engineer - Marine Autonomy

Red Cat Holdings; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Red Cat Holdings seeks a hands-on, part-time engineering support to contribute to embedded software, hardware integration and test efforts across West Palm Beach and Stuart locations. The role is ideal for a current engineering student or early-career engineer wanting exposure to real-time embedded systems, marine robotics, and defense-sector development.

The candidate will work up to 30 hours per week, on-site, with ITAR/export‑control considerations and collaboration with the engineering team

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed a B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Proficiency in C and C++, with working knowledge of Python.
• Experience with embedded/microcontroller development and bare‑metal or RTOS firmware.
• Hands‑on familiarity with lab instrumentation (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes) and hardware debugging.
• Comfortable working on‑site at both West Palm Beach, FL and Stuart, FL locations.
• Ability to work up to 30 hours per week on a part‑time schedule.

Responsibilities

• Develop and debug embedded software in C/C++ for real-time and hard-real-time data paths on autonomous marine platforms.
• Integrate and validate sensors, microcontrollers (ESP32/STM32/nRF52-class), and single-board computers, including ADC integration, sampling, filtering, and calibration.
• Support communications and networking work, including LoRa/MQTT/mesh telemetry, Wi‑Fi HaLow backhaul, and socket-based host interfaces (UDP/TCP).
• Build tooling and automated test harnesses (e.g., Python scripts, GoogleTest) to validate behavior and catch regressions without full‑system deployment.
• Perform bench and field testing using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and related instrumentation for signal‑integrity and timing analysis; iterate firmware to improve robustness.
• Contribute to interface specifications and technical documentation, working within ITAR/export‑control constraints.
• Collaborate with the engineering team on integration, test planning, and issue tracking (Git, Jira, Confluence).

Skills

C/C++

Python

Embedded development

Hardware debugging

Lab instrumentation

On-site work

Part-time schedule

Education

B.S. in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

KiCad

Job description

Red Cat Holdings seeks a hands-on, part-time engineering support to contribute to embedded software, hardware integration and test efforts across West Palm Beach and Stuart locations. The role is ideal for a current engineering student or early-career engineer wanting exposure to real-time embedded systems, marine robotics, and defense-sector development.

The candidate will work up to 30 hours per week, on-site, with ITAR/export‑control considerations and collaboration with the engineering team