Real-Time Embedded Systems Engineer — Quantum Storage

Praxis, Inc.; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in startup

Relocation assistance

Unlimited PTO

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Pronoia Energy is hiring an Embedded Systems Engineer to write the low-level firmware that runs on our hardware, controlling sensors, measurement, actuation, and safety in real time. This onsite role is based in Torrance, California, and demands reliability under strict timing constraints in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will collaborate closely with the electrical engineer on board bring-up and with the science team to instrument experiments, turning our rigs and control electronics

Qualifications

• 3+ years of firmware development experience with real hardware (motors, sensors, power stages).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong C and C++ and microcontroller experience.
• Understanding of real-time constraints and safety interlocks.
• Experience debugging hardware-software with instruments such as an oscilloscope or a logic analyzer.
• Self-starter comfortable with ambiguity and rapid pivots in a startup setting.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain firmware for the control and safety electronics of our cells and test hardware.
• Implement real-time control loops, safety interlocks, and data acquisition.
• Bring up new boards and integrate sensors, measurement, and actuation.
• Partner with the electrical engineer on hardware-software bring-up and with the science team on experimental instrumentation.
• Contribute to troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of hardware-software problems.

Skills

Firmware development

C/C++ programming

Real-time systems

Hardware debugging

Startup experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Microcontrollers

Job description

Pronoia Energy is hiring an Embedded Systems Engineer to write the low-level firmware that runs on our hardware, controlling sensors, measurement, actuation, and safety in real time. This onsite role is based in Torrance, California, and demands reliability under strict timing constraints in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will collaborate closely with the electrical engineer on board bring-up and with the science team to instrument experiments, turning our rigs and control electronics