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Heaviside Industries · 2 days ago

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Heaviside Industries is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer responsible for writing, debugging, and optimizing firmware for hardware products. The role involves collaborating with hardware designers to create low-level drivers for handheld electronics and robotics systems.

Consumer Electronics

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop real-time embedded software in C/C++

Collaborate with electrical engineers on board bring-up and peripheral integration

Optimize performance and memory usage for constrained targets

Debug on both simulators and real hardware

Contribute to reproducible build and deployment workflows (we use Nix, you can learn it here)

Implement real-time robotic control systems for motion, sensing, and actuation, including motor control loops, sensor fusion, and feedback stabilization

Implement robust error handling, fault detection, and recovery mechanisms, particularly for stabilizing the system against hardware anomalies (e.g., ESD events)

Qualification

C/C++Embedded systems developmentDebugging skillsRTOS experienceLow-level driversHardware interactionCollaboration with engineersUnderstanding datasheetsControl algorithmsSensor calibration

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

5+ years of professional experience in embedded systems development using C and/or C++

Proven experience writing low-level drivers and interfacing directly with hardware components (e.g., sensors, ADCs, memory) on a bare-metal or RTOS-based system

Strong debugging skills using tools like GDB, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and logic analyzers

Proficiency in C and/or C++

Experience with RTOSs, bare-metal firmware, or other hard-real-time systems

Familiarity with interrupts, DMA, timers, and serial protocols (SPI, I²C, CAN)

Strong debugging skills with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers