Chariot Defense

Firmware Engineer

San Bruno, California, United States

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$180kDetected 21 days ago

C++SwiftEmbedded SystemsDO-178Power Electronics

About the role

Firmware is where our product meets the physical world.
You will directly shape the firmware architecture that goes into Amphora and future products.
Our team comes from Tesla, Anduril, Apple, Archer, and the U.S. military.

Safety systems: Build the real-time fault-detection and protection logic that reacts in milliseconds to protect the hardware and the people operating near it
treat safety as core to the design.
Thermal control: Implement the control logic that keeps power components within safe operating temperatures under load and across environmental extremes.
User input & system interaction: Implement how operators command and interact with the system in the field.
Willingness to support 10% travel, domestically and internationally, as well as work extended and weekend hours, when necessary.

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
3+ years writing firmware for hardware that ships and runs in the field.
Production Rust experience on embedded targets.
Experience with safety-critical or fault-tolerant systems
Experience with ISO26262, DO-178C, or other software functional safety standards
Required:
Hands-on bare-metal and RTOS development.
Fluency in C/C++ for resource-constrained, real-time targets.
Demonstrated experience bringing up and debugging firmware on real hardware.
Preferred:
Firmware for power electronics, motor control, or battery management.
Embedded comms interfaces (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART).
Role Requirements
This position is an onsite role based in Chariot Defense's San Bruno, CA, office.

packages also include early-stage equity and access to company-sponsored benefit plans.

Chariot Defense is a defense technology company that designs and manufactures a family of power products for the U.S. military and its allies.
We believe that credible deterrence of armed conflict and winning if deterrence fails, requires more than just the best drones, sensors, weapons, electronic warfare systems, and command & control capabilities.
Those critical components will require sustained electric power in austere and resource-constrained environments.
Moreover, military units must be able to turn off the trucks and generators that generate this power to hide and survive.
In other words, power generation must be decoupled from power consumption.
Chariot Defense's products enable exactly this capability, allowing U.S. and allied militaries to be more lethal and survivable.
We hope you will join us on this mission.
What We're Looking For

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