Principal Embedded Software Engineer

About the Company

We are a renewable energy and ocean technology company committed to rapidly developing and deploying technologies that will ensure a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans. We operate as an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas change the company's direction on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Own the software for in-house embedded products and set technical direction
• Work with electrical engineers from schematic capture through board bring-up
• Debug hardware/software failures using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD
• Ship reliable code for unattended operation in harsh marine environments
• Shape OTA and fleet update strategies for distributed fleets
• Set testing and CI/CD standards for embedded code
• Mentor other embedded engineers through code review and pairing

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing production code, primarily in embedded systems
• Deep experience with Rust or C/C++
• Experience building and maintaining embedded Linux distros with Yocto or Buildroot
• Track record of owning code stack architecture from bring-up to deployment
• Fluency with SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, and Ethernet
• Experience designing for resource-constrained, real-time, and power-constrained systems
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including CI/CD and automated testing

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years with mission-critical or safety-critical systems
• Experience with marine, offshore, or remote/harsh-environment hardware
• Experience with embedded security (secure boot, encrypted comms, key management)
• Experience building embedded systems from scratch at an early-stage hardware company

Benefits

• Cash compensation of $210,000 - $290,000
• Company equity
• 100% company-paid gold level PPO health insurance
• Flexible paid time off
• Dental and vision insurance
• Relocation assistance to Portland