Top Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Develop production embedded software and firmware for robotic systems, including drivers, communication stacks, sensor and actuator interfaces, and real-time systems. Bring up custom hardware, debug electrical and software issues using lab tools, collaborate with electrical engineers, and establish manufacturing-oriented bring-up and testing processes.

Develop and test safety-critical embedded software for autonomous vehicle drive systems. Translate trajectories into motor, brake, and steering commands; build simulation, SIL, and HIL validation infrastructure; integrate steering, braking, motoring, and suspension subsystems; implement control-source arbitration and safety monitoring; and collaborate with controls, dynamics, safety, and validation teams.

Develop and maintain embedded Linux firmware and cellular connectivity software for autonomous vehicle telematics control units. Integrate Qualcomm modem firmware and protocol stacks, architect host-side C/C++ interfaces, debug cross-layer LTE/5G issues, and support wireless platform prototyping. Build fleet telemetry and analytics systems, investigate field and QA issues, maintain Yocto-based Linux services and kernel code, automate testing, and collaborate with vendors and cross-functional engineering teams.

Develop and maintain embedded firmware and drivers for underwater robotic subsystems, prototype and bring up hardware, debug PCBs with lab tools, implement real-time control and communication stacks, support field deployments and production readiness, and create portable internal libraries. Collaborate across electrical, mechanical, and acoustics teams and ensure robust, memory-safe firmware.

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will develop firmware for brain-computer interfaces, collaborating cross-functionally on safety-critical embedded systems and delivering manufacturable solutions.

Owns firmware and host software for field-deployed edge devices powering an AI voice drive-thru system. Responsibilities include developing microcontroller firmware, managing real-time full-duplex audio pipelines, designing serial communication and health monitoring, debugging hardware/software integrations, enabling fleet deployment and remote management, and implementing reliable recovery and over-the-air updates.

Develop and improve embedded graphics and compute drivers, customize products for embedded hardware and real-time operating systems, and profile and optimize drivers and applications. Write and review technical specifications while collaborating on reliable, high-quality safety-critical solutions. The role requires embedded software development, debugging, troubleshooting, and familiarity with graphics APIs, ARINC 653, and safety-critical development practices.

Develop and maintain embedded software for radar sensors, communications, and flight systems. Perform Linux board bring-up, high-efficiency data movement between sensors, FPGAs, and compute, and build safety-critical control and FDIR algorithms. Collaborate with hardware, signal processing, and GNC teams, prototype architectures, and debug complex kernel-to-application issues across drivers, peripherals, and timing domains.

Design, develop, and maintain firmware for microcontroller-based IoT laser spectroscopy sensors. Support hardware bring-up, debug prototypes, implement serial communications, maintain revision control and CI/CD, automate manufacturing test/configuration, document designs, and perform firmware failure analysis and improvements.

This position involves developing firmware for implantable systems, collaborating with engineers, and contributing to system improvements. Responsibilities include working with embedded systems and hardware understanding.

As Lead Embedded Software Engineer, you will architect and build embedded software for LIDAR systems, leading a team in a dynamic environment.

Join the core camera software team to develop application software for embedded camera platforms (RTOS + Linux). Work on low-level OS code, system initialization, memory management, concurrency, and SOC-level development. Use the GNU toolchain, collaborate with backend and mobile teams, and contribute to device drivers and embedded platform code.

Early-career embedded software engineer supporting hardware integration, HAL implementation, and Rust userspace development on Linux. Learn hardware debugging tools, contribute tests and reviews, and help ensure safety-critical system reliability under senior guidance.

Develop portable, high-performance embedded software and HALs in Rust/C/C++ for industrial hardware. Integrate and debug devices/protocols (Modbus, SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, RS-485), use hardware tools (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes), reverse-engineer undocumented devices, ensure deterministic low-latency behavior, and validate system reliability to prevent unsafe failures.

Develop software and systems for embedded platforms at Aquabyte, focusing on sensor interfaces, network reliability, and hardware diagnostics while collaborating with research teams on machine learning models.

The role involves developing low-level embedded software for vehicle control, integrating sensors, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring safety standards are met while mentoring junior developers.

The Embedded Software Engineer will analyze and develop embedded software systems, provide customer support, and apply software engineering and cybersecurity methods.

Design, build, and scale embedded connectivity and security for distributed energy devices. Implement networking (Ethernet/Wi‑Fi/Thread/Zigbee/BLE), secure provisioning, OTA firmware pipelines, telemetry, and diagnostics. Support testing, certification, manufacturing validation, and cross-functional collaboration from prototype to deployment.

Design, develop, and test embedded software for vehicle charging and power systems; integrate supplier subsystems; produce requirements, design docs, and test plans; collaborate cross-functionally across engineering teams; participate in prototyping through validation for safe, production-quality vehicle power control.

Develop and maintain PX4 autopilot firmware for UAVs, integrating sensors and payloads, and managing testing environments. Collaborate on flight operations and system integration.

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design and implement software for unmanned aircraft systems, debug issues, collaborate with engineering teams, and maintain high software quality standards.

The Embedded Linux Software Engineer will own the embedded software stack, collaborate with teams to integrate robotics systems, and manage software development for compute platforms.

The Embedded Software Engineer will develop flight software for satellites, mentor junior members, and collaborate with teams to ensure software functionality.

Design, develop, and test real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for battery management systems (cell balancing, charging, thermal management, contactor control). Integrate supplier subsystems, perform hardware bring-up and debugging, create requirements/design/test documentation, and collaborate with cross-functional vehicle, controls, and validation teams through the software development lifecycle.

Design, implement, and test embedded real-time software for vehicle body, thermal, lighting, and closure systems. Create requirements, design and test plans, integrate supplier subsystems, and collaborate with cross-functional teams for hardware bring-up and validation.