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Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA💼 Full-time💰 $165,000–$165,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead embedded software engineer designing safety-critical firmware for industrial nuclear enrichment systems.

Role type

Senior IC embedded software engineer (technical lead)

Builds

Low-level firmware and control architectures for electromechanical actuators and high-speed sensor data processing

Domain

Nuclear fuel production / Industrial control systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C/C++ development, Rust, embedded systems architecture, safety-critical software design, team management, automated build/test infrastructure, hardware integration, fault-tolerant control logic, digital signal processing, low-level protocol debugging

Preferred skills

Control systems experience, data acquisition system development, PCBA bring-up, mentoring engineers, full system lifecycle management

Technologies

C, C++, Rust, Golang, Python

Responsibilities

Architect and develop safety-critical embedded software; manage and mentor a small team of engineers; build low-level firmware to control actuators and process sensor data; design robust control architectures and state machines; own software from development through deployment; partner with hardware and controls engineers for system integration; perform safety analyses and validate control logic; debug embedded systems using laboratory instrumentation.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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