Firmware Platform Engineer (UA)

About Us
We believe there is a strong need for new technological solutions in the defense of free people in conflicts around the world. Our team comprises experienced leaders from non-defense Silicon Valley startups who have seen this need first-hand and are committed to delivering.

We are focused on pushing real products into the field as quickly as possible, and we’re looking for a flexible Firmware Platform Engineer with a background in building reliable firmware stacks for embedded systems and rapidly transitioning prototypes into production.

The ideal candidate has deep experience with RTOS-based development on modern MCUs (e.g., STM32H7/H5), strong familiarity with peripheral interfaces, and is comfortable collaborating closely with electrical engineers to troubleshoot hardware, validate systems, and deliver robust platforms.

Responsibilities
- Design and maintain firmware platforms on STM32H7 and STM32H5 microcontrollers.
- Develop software infrastructure on an RTOS for real-time and near real-time applications.
- Implement and maintain drivers for common interfaces: UART, I²C, SPI, CAN bus, and Ethernet.
- Integrate and optimize lightweight networking stacks (e.g., lwIP).
- Build modular, reusable C++ frameworks and APIs to enable rapid feature integration.
- Collaborate with electrical engineers on board bring-up, hardware validation, and troubleshooting.
- Develop Python tools to support validation, automation, and integration testing.
- Contribute to system-level design, collaborating with teams working on compute, autonomy, and comms stacks.

Requirements
- BS in CS/EE/CE or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of professional experience in embedded firmware development.
- Strong programming skills in C, C++, and Python.
- Experience developing firmware for STM32 microcontrollers (H7, H5, or similar).
- Practical experience with RTOS-based platforms.
- Experience shipping firmware for electromechanical or robotic products.
- Strong debugging and validation skills in environments where system failure has consequences beyond downtime.

Nice to Have
- Experience with lwIP networking stack.
- Exposure to embedded Linux environments.
- Familiarity with Google Pigweed libraries.
- Experience with serialization frameworks such as Protobufs.
- Familiarity with gRPC in embedded or distributed systems.
- Contributions to open-source embedded or firmware platforms.