Embedded Engineer

Copper • Berkeley, CA

9h • $150,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Join our growing team working on decarbonization in electric home appliances! This is a full-time position as Embedded Software Engineer working at Channing St. Copper Company in Berkeley, CA. We value a diverse workplace, and are assembling our team to match these values at this early stage. We especially welcome different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and strongly encourage people of all backgrounds and genders to apply. The ideal candidate: You’re passionate about building great software to run great hardware. You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and are comfortable working on a small, nimble team. You’re a tinkerer, but you also recognize the importance of good documentation, version control, and other best practices. You write solid code, but also dabble in UI/UX and are comfortable reworking a PCB. You care about your colleagues and are committed to helping build a workplace that is fun, inclusive, and productive. You care about climate, know what a heat pump is, and might even have an electrification hobby.

Requirements

• Experience debugging hardware systems with a testing-driven and methodical approach.
• Ability to distill a complex problem down to fundamentals and implement an appropriate solution.
• Ability to build for robustness and extensibility by anticipating failure conditions and future expansions and writing code in a way that allows both to be handled gracefully.
• Deep knowledge of C programming for embedded systems.
• Familiarity with ESP-IDF (ESP-32 development framework), or ability to pick up new libraries.
• Background in electrical hardware (e.g. PCBs).
• Comfortable working with version control (e.g. Git) and project management tools (e.g. issue tracking).
• Testing code with hardware (e.g. revision and unit testing).
• Comfortable generating documentation for code and hardware.
• Experience with 1-2 full product development cycles from concept to shipping product.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related field is preferable but not a strict requirement.
• Two years of industry experience is preferable but not a strict requirement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain firmware for the Charlie induction range.
• Interface with hardware design and development teams to ensure smooth integration of software and hardware components.
• Implement and test new features (note: this often means cooking food).
• Identify bugs and implement robust solutions (note: this also often means cooking food).
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of code, software architecture, and user manuals to ensure smooth transitions and updates.

Benefits

• We cover 100% of the premiums for our employees and 50% of the premiums for their dependents on our base plans for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• We offer a 401(k) plan for employees to contribute to, in addition to many other benefits.
• Every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 16 weeks of paid parental leave after three months of employment (eight weeks through Channing Copper and eight weeks CA Paid Family Leave).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level