Platform Firmware Architect – Propulsion & Battery

ALSO.; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance up to 100%

One Medical membership

Fertility benefits Progyny

Flexible time off

401(k) match

Job summary

ALSO. is an electric mobility company in Silicon Valley building new, efficient EVs and a software-defined platform.

We seek a senior firmware architect to own end-to-end design, development and test of embedded software, while guiding platform APIs and build systems across multiple ECUs. You will drive hardware abstraction layers, OS integration, and scalable libraries, working with cross-disciplinary teams to enable fast, reliable firmware development and deployment across ALSO.’s vehicle

Qualifications

• 7+ years of firmware development in safety-critical, time-sensitive environments.
• Software Architect with portable, maintainable code experience.
• C programming expert, familiar with C++, Python, and Bash.
• Experience delivering software-enabled hardware products and embedded diagnostics tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead Driver Firmware Architecture discussions for hardware abstraction layers, drivers and BSPs across MCU families.
• Support RTOS configuration, integration, and optimization; decide OS, task architecture, and resource management.
• Design and develop frameworks for telemetry, firmware update and health monitoring in reusable libraries.
• Contribute to Bazel-based build infrastructure; ensure reproducible builds and scalable configurations.
• Propose architectural decisions on MCU selection, memory management and peripheral allocation.
• Drive CI/CD improvements; maintain toolchains and ensure fast, reliable pipelines.
• Improve boot time, memory footprint, and runtime performance across the platform.
• Collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Test teams on SW integration workflows for ECUs.
• Collaborate with other Firmware teams to design robust, scalable software.
• Provide vehicle system integration support including ECU handshaking and debugging.

Skills

C programming

C++

Python

Embedded systems

RTOS

CI/CD

Education

B.S. or M.S. in CS/EE

Tools

Bazel

Git

MATLAB/Simulink

JTAG

Job description

ALSO. is an electric mobility company in Silicon Valley building new, efficient EVs and a software-defined platform.

We seek a senior firmware architect to own end-to-end design, development and test of embedded software, while guiding platform APIs and build systems across multiple ECUs. You will drive hardware abstraction layers, OS integration, and scalable libraries, working with cross-disciplinary teams to enable fast, reliable firmware development and deployment across ALSO.’s vehicle