Sr. to Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Battery Management Systems (BMS) - Autonomous Robotics

Skyrocket Ventures, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Skyrocket Ventures, Inc. is seeking a Senior to Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead firmware for Battery Management Systems in autonomous robotics.

You will design and implement C/C++ firmware for ARM Cortex-M, own hardware bring-up, debugging, and system integration, collaborating with electrical engineers to ship robust BMS solutions. The role offers hybrid work in San Francisco with work-from-home up to 2x per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of embedded systems experience with BMS.
• Strong C/C++ on ARM microcontrollers; bare-metal programming expertise.

Responsibilities

• Own firmware development, bring-up, and integration for BMS and embedded power electronics on ARM MCUs.
• Develop bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for battery monitoring, protection, charging, and power management.
• Implement SOC/SOH, cell balancing, thermal monitoring, and fault detection algorithms.
• Write robust, well-documented C/C++ code for embedded targets.
• Develop interfaces to battery monitoring ICs, sensors, and power converters.
• Collaborate with electrical engineers on hardware bring-up and system integration.
• Lead bring-up, validation, debugging, and testing of BMS firmware and subsystems.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

ARM microcontrollers

BMS firmware

Bare-metal programming

I2C/SPI/UART/CAN

RTOS familiarity

Education

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

Job description

Sr. to Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Battery Management Systems (BMS) - Autonomous Robotics

Location: San Francisco, CA (you can work from home up to 2x/week)

The team builds small, lightweight autonomous delivery drones with safety-first hardware designed to operate around people and everyday urban infrastructure. The work has a positive impact on the sustainability, access, and cost of everyday necessities.

You would be working in the company's office in San Francisco. You could work from home up to 2x/week.

You would be joining an elite group of about 60 people and 20 engineers inside a much larger public company. This org operates as a small, fast-moving hardware innovation lab: minimal bureaucracy, real build/test cycles, and ownership of systems that ship and operate at a very large scale.

In this position, you would be leading the development of embedded firmware for Battery Management Systems (BMS) and power electronics in advanced robotics products. You would be designing and implementing C/C++ firmware for ARM microcontrollers, including battery monitoring, charging, cell balancing, power distribution, and safety systems. You would own hardware bring-up, debugging, testing, and system integration, collaborating closely with electrical and power electronics engineers.

The company has a compensation range based on experience, with salary of $180k-$340k, plus RSUs translating into total first year compensation of $300k-800k.

Job Responsibilities:

• Owning the firmware development, bring-up, and integration of Battery Management Systems (BMS) and embedded power electronics platforms using ARM-based microcontrollers (e.g., Cortex-M series).
• Developing and maintaining bare-metal firmware and RTOS-based applications for battery monitoring, protection, charging, power management, and power distribution.
• Implementing battery management algorithms, including State of Charge (SOC), State of Health (SOH), cell balancing, thermal monitoring, and fault detection.
• Writing and maintaining robust, maintainable, and well-documented C/C++ code for embedded targets.
• Developing firmware interfaces for battery monitoring ICs, sensors, power converters, and other power electronics components.
• Collaborating with electrical and power electronics engineers on hardware bring-up, schematic review, and system integration.
• Leading system bring-up, validation, debugging, and testing of BMS firmware and power management subsystems.
• Contributing to firmware safety, reliability, fault handling, and system-level robustness.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in embedded systems development, including significant experience developing embedded software for Battery Management Systems (BMS).
• Hands-on experience developing BMS firmware, including battery monitoring, protection, cell balancing, and battery state estimation.
• Deep expertise in bare-metal programming on ARM microcontrollers.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded targets and firmware design patterns.
• Strong understanding of battery technologies, power electronics, and battery charging/discharging behavior.
• Experience with hardware bring-up and low-level debugging on custom boards.
• Solid understanding of digital electronics, communication buses (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN), and embedded peripherals.
• Strong system-level thinking, with an ability to work independently and take ownership across the full development cycle.

Nice to have:

• Experience with RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr) or Embedded Linux on constrained systems.
• Experience developing BMS or power electronics firmware for robotics, electric vehicles, energy storage, or other battery-powered systems.
• Familiarity with DC/DC converters, charging systems, power distribution, and power electronics control.
• Experience working closely with hardware teams, reading schematics, and performing board-level debugging.
• Familiarity with functional safety, watchdogs, fault handling, and battery protection mechanisms.
• Experience with battery modeling, SOC/SOH estimation algorithms, and thermal management.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-ownership engineering environments like those found in startups or advanced R&D teams.