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Senior Embedded/Firmware Engineer - Safety Critical Systems
Optimus Ride, Boston, MA
REIMAGINE MOBILITY
Duration: Full-Time
Responsibilities
- Design and build embedded systems for real-time control of self-driving vehicles
- Hands-on bring-up, debugging, and optimization of production systems
- System level root cause analysis and solving of component and vehicle issues
- Unit test, component test, debug, and maintain safe production code
- Learn additional skills and technologies as required
Requirements
- BS, MS or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of SW development experience in C/C++
- Experience with ARM based microcontrollers
- RTOS development experience
- Experience with communications protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, USB, MIPI, CAN, etc
- Experience with board bring up and systems debugging
- Significant experience with safety-critical applications, preferably in automotive or aerospace space
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in automotive, aerospace engineering, or robotics
- Experience developing bootloaders and in-field update systems
- Experience with STM32 and NXP microcontrollers
- Experience with protocol design, specification, and implementation
- Experience with standards such as ISO26262 and DO-178C
- Familiarity with automotive ECUs
- (We are open to reviewing resumes of candidates who may not have these qualities yet, but demonstrate the potential to learn them on the job.)
About Optimus Ride
Optimus Ride Inc. is an MIT spinoff company based in Boston, MA that develops technologies to enable efficient, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions. We are designing a fully autonomous (level 4) system for electric vehicle fleets. We combine over 30 years of interdisciplinary university research in self‑driving technologies (DARPA Urban Challenge), electric vehicles (CityCar), and Mobility-on-Demand Systems. The team includes a decade of industrial and entrepreneurial experience that combines manufacturing robots, urban design, and shared vehicle fleet management.
Want to learn more about Optimus Ride? Visit Optimus Ride's website.
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