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Staff Embedded Platform Engineer

Long Beach, CA, United States💼 Full-time💰 $150,200–$150,200🗓 2026-07-07 → 2026-07-23

Core

Design, develop, and validate foundational embedded software (RTOS, drivers, services) for next-generation vehicle ECUs.

Role type

Staff Embedded Platform Engineer

Builds

Scalable embedded platform software and reusable components for distributed, safety-critical vehicle architectures.

Domain

Automotive embedded systems / Real-time operating systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

C programming, bare-metal and RTOS development, ECU bring-up, hardware debugging, multicore system design, resource-constrained optimization, build systems (make/Bazel), scripting (Python/Bash), system-level architecture

Preferred skills

Device driver development, ISO 26262 safety-critical practices, automotive protocols (CAN/LIN/UDS/Ethernet/DoIP), MISRA C, low-power optimization, PCB-level hardware analysis

Technologies

RTOS, C, Python, Bash, make, Bazel, JIRA, Confluence, git, Vector CANoe, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, HIL environments

Responsibilities

Define requirements and design low-level embedded software for bare-metal and RTOS-based systems; Develop scalable embedded platform software used across multiple ECUs; Support initial ECU bring-up, board-level debugging, and platform integration; Design and implement multicore, real-time, and safety-critical software architectures; Resolve ambiguity in requirements and system designs; Work closely with hardware and systems teams to integrate and validate platform functionality; Profile CPU, power, memory, and bus utilization to identify optimization opportunities.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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