Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer — Real-Time Safety

Stack AV Co; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stack AV is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead firmware design for a safety-critical autonomous vehicle platform. You will architect real-time embedded software interfacing with sensors, compute modules, and vehicle systems.

Join a team focused on reliability and performance, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with safety standards. You will drive production-quality code, code reviews, and field deployments.

Qualifications

• Expert in C++ for embedded systems development for safety critical systems.
• Strong understanding of RTOS concepts / programming (e.g. FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS).
• Experience with safety-critical standards such as ISO 26262, DO-178C, IEC 61508, IEC 62304 or similar.
• Provide technical leadership in a small team.
• Hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and BSP development.
• Multithreaded and real-time software design.
• Good understanding of CAN and ethernet communication protocols, ideally in an automotive context.
• Has taken at least one product through to production, including maintaining the product with paying customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software architectures - develop scalable, modular, and real-time embedded systems for our autonomous vehicle platform.
• Mentor and guide team members - provide technical leadership, conduct code reviews, and lead by example.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards - apply safety guidelines to build safety-critical software with robust fault handling.
• Coordinate tasks amongst team members to achieve on time delivery.
• Support vehicle testing and field deployments - diagnose and resolve embedded software issues in real-world scenarios.

Skills

C++

RTOS

Safety standards

Technical leadership

HAL/BSP

Multithreading

CAN/Ethernet

Production experience

Job description

Stack AV is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead firmware design for a safety-critical autonomous vehicle platform. You will architect real-time embedded software interfacing with sensors, compute modules, and vehicle systems.

Join a team focused on reliability and performance, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with safety standards. You will drive production-quality code, code reviews, and field deployments.