10+ years of embedded software engineering experience in safety-critical or resource-constrained environments.
Expert proficiency in embedded C and modern embedded C++, with a focus on memory models and deterministic execution.
Proven experience architecting and debugging multi-threaded software on RTOS platforms.
Hands-on experience with static analysis tools and establishing governance for code quality.
Strong understanding of MCU/SoC architectures and automotive communication protocols.
Demonstrated success in hardware bring-up and diagnosing silicon-level defects.
Experience developing software under regulated safety frameworks like ISO 26262.
Responsibilities
Drive the design and implementation of low-level BSPs and high-throughput communication stacks.
Architect and optimize RTOS environments, defining task scheduling and memory isolation.
Enforce MISRA C/C++ compliance and establish static analysis baselines.
Lead hardware bring-up for new silicon and define system characterization methodologies.
Serve as an escalation point for complex hardware/software interaction issues.
Collaborate with hardware and systems engineering teams to define Hardware-Software Interface specifications.
Mentor engineers and elevate code quality and design standards across the organization.
Benefits
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge automotive technology.
Collaborative and innovative work environment.
Mentorship and professional development opportunities.
Access to state-of-the-art lab facilities for hardware bring-up.
Encouragement of diverse perspectives and backgrounds in the workplace.
Full Job Description
About the Role
As a Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer, you will serve as a technical anchor for the core real-time software stack powering 42dot's next-generation automotive platform. You will drive architectural decisions and implementation across the full embedded spectrum-from low-level board support packages (BSPs), peripheral drivers, and hardware interfaces up to RTOS architecture, deterministic communication protocols, and safety-critical platform logic.
In this role, you will champion high-performance, deterministic C and modern embedded C++ development adhering strictly to MISRA guidelines and ISO 26262 functional safety requirements. You will spearhead hardware bring-up efforts in our Sunnyvale labs, establish system characterization and timing budgets, resolve complex cross-domain issues, and ensure production-grade execution for Hyundai's SDV platform.
Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Firmware Development: Drive the technical design, implementation, and evolution of low-level BSPs, hardware abstraction layers, peripheral drivers (GPIO, ADC, PWM, Timers), and high-throughput communication stacks (CAN-FD, Ethernet/TSN, SPI, I2C).
RTOS & Concurrency Architecture: Architect and optimize RTOS environments (FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, AUTOSAR OS), defining task partitioning, scheduling policies, IPC mechanisms, memory isolation, and deterministic execution budgets across multi-core systems.
Safety Coding & Quality Standards: Enforce rigorous MISRA C/C++ compliance and ISO 26262 safety practices (ASIL-D trajectory); establish static analysis baselines, triage workflows, and sound justification standards for the team.
Silicon Bring-Up & System Characterization: Lead hardware bring-up for new silicon and custom prototype boards; define methodologies for system characterization, interrupt latency analysis, execution profiling, and power/resource budgeting.
Complex Triage & Root-Cause Analysis: Serve as an escalation point for elusive hardware/software interaction bugs, timing issues, and race conditions using JTAG/SWD debuggers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and bus analyzers.
Technical Interface Ownership: Partner closely with hardware design, systems engineering, and V&V teams to define rigorous Hardware-Software Interface specifications (ICDs) and drive bring-up tooling requirements.
Engineering Standards & Mentorship: Elevate code quality, design consistency, and review standards across the firmware organization; mentor senior and mid-level engineers.
Qualifications
Experience: 10+ years of hands-on embedded software engineering experience delivering production-grade firmware for safety-critical or resource-constrained platforms (Automotive, Aerospace, Medical Devices, Industrial Robotics, or Consumer Electronics).
C/C++ Mastery: Expert proficiency in embedded C and modern embedded C++, with deep knowledge of memory models, low-level concurrency, compiler optimization behaviors, and deterministic execution.
RTOS Architecture Depth: Proven track record architecting, tuning, and debugging production multi-threaded software on commercial or open-source RTOS platforms, including formal timing analysis and synchronization primitives.
Static Analysis Governance: Extensive hands-on experience with enterprise static analysis tools (Coverity, Polyspace, QAC, or Cppcheck), including establishing rulesets, resolving complex findings, and managing defensible suppressions.
Full-Stack Hardware Literacy: Strong architectural understanding of modern MCU/SoC architectures (ARM Cortex-M/R, TriCore, or similar), register-level programming, memory-mapped I/O, and automotive buses (CAN-FD, Ethernet, SPI, I2C).
Bring-Up Leadership: Demonstrated success leading board bring-up in a hardware lab, utilizing oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and bus analyzers to diagnose board- and silicon-level defects.
Regulated Safety Track Record: Practical experience developing and delivering software under a regulated safety framework (ISO 26262, IEC 62304, DO-178C) with strict traceability to requirements.
Modern Build & CI Tooling: Proficiency with Git, Bazel (or modern build systems), and automated CI/CD pipelines for firmware build verification and automated testing.
Preferred Qualifications
Automotive Stacks & Diagnostics: Deep familiarity with ISO 14229 (UDS), SOME/IP, DoIP, or automotive Ethernet communication stacks.
Communication Protocol Design: Experience designing, implementing, and validating custom or standardized protocol state machines, serialization layers, and fault-recovery logic.
Object-Oriented Architecture: Proven ability to apply structured OOP design patterns, clean interface abstractions, and data encapsulation in embedded C++ contexts.
Automation & Tooling: Proficiency in Python for developing internal bring-up tooling, HIL automation, or custom build/test scripts.
The screening procedures may vary depending on the position, schedule, or other circumstances. You will be individually notified of the screening schedule and results via the email address provided in your application.
Compensation
$210,000 - $320,000
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