Lead Embedded Software Engineer

General Matter•Los Angeles, CA

2d•$165,000 - $260,000

About The Position

As a General Matter Lead Embedded Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader for the embedded software that directly controls our systems while managing and mentoring a small team of engineers. You will own critical software architecture and technical decisions, remain deeply hands-on in development, and help guide the growth and execution of your direct reports. Your code will command actuators, process high-speed signals, and operate in applications where safety, reliability, and precision are essential. You will set technical direction, establish engineering standards and best practices, and lead the design and development of complex embedded software across the system. You will also provide day-to-day technical mentorship, feedback, and support to a small number of direct reports. You will work closely with electrical engineers, software engineers, chemical engineers, manufacturing engineers, nuclear engineers, materials scientists, and physicists to translate system requirements into robust, production-ready software. If you're motivated by solving difficult technical problems, setting the technical bar for embedded systems, and helping develop a small team while staying close to the work, this is the role for you.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in a technical leadership position defining architecture, system design, and functional requirements.
1+ year experience managing a team.
Demonstrated experience defining system architecture and translating functional requirements into technical solutions.
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and the ability to apply them to complex, multidisciplinary systems.
Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals, even with incomplete information.
Development experience in C, C++, Golang, Python, or Rust.
Experience with embedded or low-level systems development.
BS degree in computer science, engineering, math, or another STEM discipline.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with control systems, actuators, or other software directly interfacing with physical systems.
Data acquisition system setup, maintenance, and development.
Electrical hardware troubleshooting and assistance with PCBA bring-up.
Digital Signal Processing.
Low-level communication protocol debugging
Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership across a team.
Experience taking complex systems from architecture through integration, validation, and deployment.
Experience in a fast-paced engineering environment or highly technical role requiring a resourceful, entrepreneurial approach to completing tasks within tight timeframes or budget constraints.

Responsibilities

Architect and develop safety-critical embedded software that powers General Matter's industrial systems with reliability and precision.
Manage, mentor, and develop a small team of engineers while remaining hands-on in technical execution and day-to-day problem solving.
Build low-level firmware in C/C++, and Rust to control electromechanical actuators, process high-speed sensor data, and execute fault-tolerant control logic.
Design robust control architectures, state machines, and data acquisition systems for mission-critical hardware.
Own software from development through deployment by creating automated build, test, and validation infrastructure.
Partner closely with hardware, electrical, and controls engineers to bring up new systems, integrate firmware with hardware, and troubleshoot complex electromechanical challenges.
Perform safety analyses and validate control logic to ensure deterministic behavior and functional safety under both normal and fault conditions.
Debug real-world embedded systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other laboratory instrumentation
Contribute to integrated system testing, commissioning, and continuous improvement of embedded software running on production equipment.