First Order Effects
Firmware Engineer (Embedded Systems)
Austin
No sponsorship$100k-$250kDetected 3 days ago
C++LinuxCybersecurityEmbedded SystemsRoboticsPower Electronics
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About the role
- Define the interfaces between firmware, the control PCBAs, the inverter, and the battery.
- Architect and write the firmware that runs MESH: generator start and stop sequencing, real-time power and current monitoring, contactor control, and safety interlocks.
Responsibilities
- First Order Effects (FOE) is building America's Infrastructure Prime for the robotic era.
- Autonomous ships, drones, and robots are rewriting how the world moves, fights, and builds - but none of them work without infrastructure to power them, connect them, and launch and recover them.
- Sovereignty is built, not declared - come build it with us.
Requirements
- Experience with power systems, battery management, inverters, or generator controls.
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR/EAR), applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
- Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
- active clearance not required.
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR/EAR), applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
- Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; active clearance not required.
Compensation
- $100,000-$250,000 base + founding-team equity sized for the role + benefits. If you're an outlier, we'll pay like it.
Benefits
- Build the telemetry, logging, and health monitoring that let us trust the system in the field.
Company info
- First Order Effects (FOE) is building America's Infrastructure Prime for the robotic era. Autonomous ships, drones, and robots are rewriting how the world moves, fights, and builds - but none of them work without infrastructure to power them, connect them, and launch and recover them. That's what we build.
- Our team comes from SpaceX, Anduril, Saronic, Lockheed Skunk Works, Forterra, and Fuse Energy. Before founding FOE, we built satellite ground stations that closed a national comms gap in days, deployed multi-megawatt power systems at commercial speed, and shipped autonomous surface vessels into Navy fleet production. We've built infrastructure at lightspeed before - now we're applying that playbook to an entire company.
- That's what we build.
- Our team comes from SpaceX, Anduril, Saronic, Lockheed Skunk Works, Forterra, and Fuse Energy.
- Before founding FOE, we built satellite ground stations that closed a national comms gap in days, deployed multi-megawatt power systems at commercial speed, and shipped autonomous surface vessels into Navy fleet production.
- We've built infrastructure at lightspeed before - now we're applying that playbook to an entire company.
Equal opportunity
- FOE is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U
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