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

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.

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.

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.

Lead design, implementation, and optimization of a core navigation engine across diverse hardware. Own hardware integration, board bring-up, driver development, and timing-critical debugging. Drive testing, verification, performance tuning, and cross-team collaboration while mentoring junior engineers and improving engineering practices.

Build and maintain foundational embedded firmware for multiple microcontrollers in an autonomous vehicle platform. Develop real-time C/C++ code, author design/requirements, coordinate test strategies with V&V, troubleshoot field issues, and integrate firmware with off-vehicle tooling (Python). Ensure safety, stability, performance, and security across MCU platforms.

As an Intern, you will design, write, and test software for satellites and ground control, working with the engineering team on performance management.

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.

Develop, integrate, and test high-quality embedded C/C++ avionics software for X-BAT UAVs, interfacing with sensors, firmware, autonomy systems, and GCS; design CI/HIL test systems, produce documentation, and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Join the Device Software team to design and implement software for SPAN's hardware products using C and C++. Collaborate on projects focusing on microcontroller features and system design, emphasizing reliability and user experience.

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 role involves developing software for embedded devices, managing integrations with third-party devices, and leading implementations while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Design, implement, and maintain the embedded Linux OS platform for on-vehicle devices. Configure Yocto and U-Boot, develop kernel-space components and drivers, optimize performance, support hardware bring-up, manufacturing, and cross-functional integrations.

Own and ship production-quality embedded and Linux-based control software for Vega 3D weaving systems. Build telemetry, diagnostics, secure OTA update systems, and test infrastructure. Lead deployment readiness, commissioning, incident response, and partner cross-functionally to ensure field reliability and scalable releases.