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Glydways · 4 months ago

Embedded Software Engineer

San Francisco-Bay Area, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$200K/yr - $250K/yr

Glydways is reimagining public transit to create a more accessible and sustainable transportation system. The Embedded Software Engineer will design, prototype, build, and test embedded vehicle firmware, collaborating closely with various engineering teams to ensure effective software deployment and integration within the vehicle lifecycle.

Clean EnergyElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, prototype, build, and test production embedded vehicle firmware

Evaluate, implement, test, and optimize applications in a real-time operating system environment

Working with algorithms teams to take advantage of unique hardware acceleration opportunities

Evaluate, design, and implement both existing and custom communication protocols between devices and between compute modules

Work with autonomy, hardware engineers, and software throughout the lifecycle of the vehicle - from device bring-up, to software deploy

Work with test engineers and platform engineers in developing testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit, integration, and system levels

Qualification

CC++ programmingCommunication protocolsRTOS experienceSafety critical systemsFirmware deploymentHardware debuggingDevice Driver experienceSoftware Development Life CycleKernel internalsCANDBC knowledge

Required

Expert level knowledge of C or C++ programming; other languages and skills also valuable

Strong knowledge of communication protocols, from low level (SPI, UART, CAN) to high level (TCP/UDP)

Experience with RTOS environments, especially FreeRTOS/SafeRTOS

Experience with time synchronization protocols such as NTP and PTP

Experience with safety critical systems and processes

Experience deploying firmware to multi device vehicles in a power safe way

Familiarity with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc)

Device Driver experience

Speed and size optimization for embedded/resource constrained platforms

Software Development Life Cycle

New hardware/board or SoC bring up

Kernel internals/fundamentals

Preferred

Bonus points for experience within automotive and/or transit

CAN and DBC knowledge is a plus

Benefits

Stock options

Company

Glydways

Glydways designs and implements personal rapid transit systems using self-driving vehicles.

Founded in 2016

South San Francisco, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.glydways.com

H1B Sponsorship

Glydways has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (10)

2024 (5)

2023 (2)

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$212.54M

2025-09-29Series Unknown· $101.31M

2024-05-14Series B· $20M

2023-10-05Series B· $56M

Leadership Team

Gokul Hemmady

CEO

Chris Riley

Chief Commercial Officer

Recent News

TechAfrica News

ADIO Taps Glydways OS AI Platform to Power Next-Gen Autonomous Transit

2025-11-14

Refresh Miami

Could on-demand AI-powered Glydcars drive the future of Miami transit?

2025-11-01

Morningstar.com

Glydways Announces Global Tour, Showcasing its Glydcar in Key Markets Across the United States, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East

2025-10-23

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