Senior Embedded Software Engineer: Edge AI, On-Site LA

Stic; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days off per year (15 PTO / 11 hols

Explosive career growth

Health & dental insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Stic is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to own the firmware and low-level software for the Stic Vision v3.0. You will engineer a compact edge AI device that delivers realtime analytics and computer vision with battery-conscious firmware on automotive-grade hardware.

You will collaborate across hardware, computer vision, and cloud teams, writing robust C/C++ code, integrating BLE, LTE/5G, GNSS, IMU, and sensors while enabling OTA updates and field diagnostics for scalable deployment.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of professional embedded software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in C, micropython and C++ for embedded systems.
• Hands-on experience with BLE firmware development (advertising, scanning, payload design, RSSI logic).
• Experience with RTOS, interrupts, and low-level memory management.
• Familiarity with SPI, I2C, UART and wireless stacks.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded firmware in C/C++ for microcontrollers and wireless modules powering the Stic Vision v3.0.
• Own OpenMV-based computer vision firmware for person detection, vehicle counting, facial sentiment analysis, and demographic measurement.
• Implement BLE communication stacks - advertising, scanning, data payloads, and RSSI-based logic.
• Integrate cellular (LTE/5G), GNSS, IMU, camera, and sensor interfaces into a unified firmware architecture.
• Build low-power firmware architectures including sleep states, duty cycling, and battery optimization for field-deployed devices.
• Define and implement device-to-cloud and device-to-phone communication protocols.
• Support OTA update pipelines, field diagnostics, and reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with hardware, computer vision, and cloud teams to ensure seamless full-stack integration.
• Contribute to board bring-up, hardware/firmware debugging, and system validation across EVT/DVT/PVT cycles.

Skills

Embedded experience

C/C++

Micropython

BLE firmware

RTOS

Memory management

Debugging tools

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

OpenMV

nRF

STM32

Snapdragon

NVIDIA Jetson

ESP32

LTE/5G modules

Job description

Stic is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to own the firmware and low-level software for the Stic Vision v3.0. You will engineer a compact edge AI device that delivers realtime analytics and computer vision with battery-conscious firmware on automotive-grade hardware.

You will collaborate across hardware, computer vision, and cloud teams, writing robust C/C++ code, integrating BLE, LTE/5G, GNSS, IMU, and sensors while enabling OTA updates and field diagnostics for scalable deployment.