Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Join Glydways as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in bringing our vehicles to life. You will design, prototype, build, and test production vehicle firmware for safety-critical systems, develop and optimize applications in RTOS environments, and lead complex cross-functional projects. You will also mentor other embedded engineers and help shape our embedded platform and engineering best practices.

- Strong command of communication protocols, from low level (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN) to higher level (TCP/UDP)
- Demonstrated speed and size optimization for resource-constrained platforms
- Expert-level C and/or C++ for embedded systems; additional languages and tooling are a plus
- Experience developing on RTOS environments (e.g., PX5 or other POSIX/pthreads-based real-time OSes such as embedded Linux with pthreads, QNX, VxWorks, or RTEMS)
- Experience with MCU bootloaders, device drivers, and new board or SoC bring-up
- Experience deploying firmware to multi-device systems or vehicles in a power-safe, fault-tolerant way
- Solid understanding of the embedded software development life cycle—version control, code review, CI, and automated testing
- Experience with safety-critical systems and processes (e.g., ISO 26262 or similar standards) is highly valued
- Typically 7+ years developing embedded software for production systems, including substantial work on safety-critical or highly reliable platforms (automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial, robotics, etc.)
- *If you’re excited about this work but don’t check every box, we’d still love to hear from you. We know the best candidates don’t always match every line of a job description
- Experience with automotive-grade safety MCUs — ideally the NXP S32K3 family, or comparable lockstep/ASIL-rated parts (e.g., Infineon AURIX, TI TMS570)
- Experience in automotive and/or transit domains
- Familiarity with kernel internals and low-level OS concepts
- Experience with deterministic timing and networking, such as NTP, PTP, or time-sensitive networking (TSN)
- Experience with CAN tooling and DBC-based workflows
- Comfort with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)
- Scripting experience (e.g., Python) for test automation and tooling