Senior Firmware Engineer, Embedded Systems

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Hardware Engineering : Electrical Engineering : Firmware

Senior Firmware Engineer for defense technology company Anduril, focusing on low-level firmware development for embedded systems across land, sea, and air. Responsibilities include developing firmware/software for microcontrollers, creating device drivers, integrating system-level features, debugging complex issues, and selecting hardware components. Requires 5+ years of experience in embedded systems, strong C coding, and experience with sensors and bus protocols.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
  2. Own complex firmware features of an embedded system
  3. Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
  4. Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with electrical engineering team
  5. Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages

Skills

Required

  • BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience
  • 5+ years of experience in firmware/embedded software development
  • Strong C coding ability for embedded systems
  • Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
  • Experience developing firmware in bare-metal or RTOS environments
  • Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers
  • Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
  • Solid experience with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities