Senior Embedded Software Engineer at GRAM

Department: Hardware

Compensation · Listed in posting

$165,000 – $205,000/yr

Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 12, 2026

Description

The Embedded Software Engineer will own embedded software across microcontrollers, real-time control, Linux robot runtime, device drivers, deterministic communications, timing, health monitoring, calibration, logging, fault response, and interfaces to higher-level autonomy. The role brings up new electronics, develops firmware and robot-runtime components, creates automated simulation and regression tests, and investigates failures across firmware, Linux, networking, electronics, controls, and autonomy. It requires a relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience, shipped C or C++ software on custom electromechanical products, and demonstrated real-time systems work. The position is on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area with an annual base salary of $165,000–$205,000, health coverage, benefits, equity, and a relocation bonus.

Required Skills

C/C++
Device drivers
Real-time systems
Embedded Linux
Deterministic communications
Hardware bring-up
Fault response
Regression testing

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: Shipped C or C++ software on a custom electromechanical product using an RTOS, embedded Linux, or both, including direct responsibility for hardware bring-up or field failure resolution
Implemented and debugged device drivers, interrupts, DMA, concurrency, memory ownership, and at least one physical interface
Demonstrated real-time systems work with measured latency, jitter, bandwidth, CPU or memory use, and behavior under overload or component failure
Closed a hardware-software defect using instrumentation and captured evidence, then added an automated test, monitor, or fault response that prevented recurrence
Preferred Qualifications: Robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, industrial controls, or other distributed real-time machines
Bootloaders, secure boot, over-the-air updates, Yocto, kernel or device-tree development, time synchronization, or deterministic networking
Hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure, safety-related embedded systems, fleet configuration, or production programming and calibration
Translation Company Name: GRAM