Senior Firmware Engineer - STM32 in Ocean Robotics

EVONA; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Firmware Engineer to own embedded firmware for mission-critical underwater robotic systems built on STM32 platforms. You will drive architecture, development, and integration while collaborating with hardware, mechanical, and systems engineers.

The role involves board bring-up, sea trials, and field deployment in a fast-paced environment. The stack is bare-metal and RTOS in C, not ROS or a full Linux stack.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in embedded systems, mid to senior level, with bare-metal and RTOS experience.
• Deep hands-on STM32 knowledge including HAL/LL, CubeMX, interrupt-driven design, and peripheral bring-up.
• Experience with battery-powered, communicating, mobile robotics or underwater vehicles is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded firmware in C for autonomous ocean vehicles, covering power, motor control, sensors, and communications.
• Architect and evolve STM32 firmware libraries, HALs, and modular codebases.
• Bring up new hardware platforms, including bootloaders and peripheral drivers.
• Collaborate with hardware teams during full-system integration and lab testing.
• Build automated test frameworks and CI pipelines for robust firmware.
• Support sea trials and offshore deployments, debugging and iterating in the field.
• Contribute to a disciplined, documentation-focused engineering culture as the team grows.

Skills

STM32 MCU expertise

C programming

Bare-metal/RTOS

JTAG/SWD debugging

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C/RS-485

Embedded systems design

Hardware-software collaboration

Tools

Logic analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Profiling tools

CI tools (GitHub Actions/Jenkins)

Job description

EVONA is seeking a Firmware Engineer to own embedded firmware for mission-critical underwater robotic systems built on STM32 platforms. You will drive architecture, development, and integration while collaborating with hardware, mechanical, and systems engineers.

The role involves board bring-up, sea trials, and field deployment in a fast-paced environment. The stack is bare-metal and RTOS in C, not ROS or a full Linux stack.