Senior Embedded Software Engineer - R&D

SoloPulse•Peachtree Corners, GA

2d•$140,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

SoloPulse Corp is a dual-use radar company committed to the relentless exploration of the frontiers of radar sensing technology. Located in Atlanta, GA, SoloPulse stands as a venture-backed startup, diligently cultivating strategic collaborations to proactively address critical safety imperatives and emerging autonomy needs across both civilian and military domains. Our distinguished team encompasses accomplished engineers, seasoned advisors, and experienced startup veterans, collectively driven by an overarching mission to change the way the world sees. SoloPulse is hiring a Product Software/Embedded Engineer to build and ship robust software for vertically integrated units. You'll own the reliability, observability, infrastructure implementation, and fault tolerance that determine how deployed units perform over time, with a focus on low-latency execution on real hardware. You'll have real ownership of your work, the problems are challenging, and your teammates hold themselves to a high standard.

Requirements

BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
6+ years of demonstrated experience building and integrating complex hardware/software systems
Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system architecture, concurrency, memory management, networking, debugging, testing, and maintainable interfaces
Demonstrated experience developing low-latency, deterministic, real-time systems
Experience developing software that interfaces directly with hardware, sensors, embedded computers, or specialized devices
Strong understanding of data acquisition, buffering, synchronization, timing, and high-throughput data movement
Ability to read and reason about hardware documentation, including datasheets, interface specifications, and PCB schematics
Comfortable debugging systems across multiple abstraction layers, from physical connections and electrical interfaces through drivers, operating systems, and application software
Hands-on engineering mindset and willingness to work directly with hardware, lab equipment, cables, connectors, and prototype electronics when necessary
Ability to take an unfamiliar piece of hardware and determine how to make it communicate reliably with the rest of the system
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance; U.S. person required

Nice To Haves

Radar, RF, SDR, or digital communications experience
Experience developing device drivers or hardware abstraction layers
Experience with PCIe, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, CAN, or other hardware interfaces
Experience with FPGA-based sensors or systems
Experience with NVIDIA Jetson or other embedded GPU platforms
Experience with high-bandwidth sensor integration, including radar, RF, INS, GNSS, cameras, or other sensors
RF systems literacy, including familiarity with antennas, signal chains, link budgets, and RF integration tradeoffs
Experience with hardware bring-up, board-level debugging, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or other laboratory equipment
Experience with networking, high-throughput streaming, DMA, shared memory, or zero-copy data paths
Basic electronics prototyping, soldering, cable fabrication, or PCB-level debugging experience

Responsibilities

Designing and bringing up complete hardware/software systems involving radar, RF sensors, SDRs, embedded computers, GPUs, networking, and other specialized hardware
Developing the software interfaces required to communicate with new sensors and hardware, including drivers, device interfaces, acquisition software, configuration, synchronization, and health monitoring
Taking unfamiliar hardware from initial bring-up through reliable data streaming into a custom software system
Working directly with hardware during development, including reading schematics and datasheets, debugging interfaces, using lab equipment, modifying cables or connectors, and performing basic electronics rework or soldering when necessary
Designing and implementing high-throughput, low-latency data paths between sensors, embedded processors, GPUs, and downstream systems
Integrating multiple sensors and hardware subsystems into complete real-time systems, including managing timing, synchronization, interfaces, and data flow
Developing software for custom interfaces and experimental hardware configurations when existing vendor interfaces are insufficient
Working with RF and digital hardware engineers to understand signal chains, interfaces, hardware limitations, and system-level tradeoffs
Developing tools and test infrastructure for hardware bring-up, data collection, system validation, and automated testing
Developing practical diagnostics, logging, telemetry, and health monitoring needed to understand system behavior during development and field testing
Rapidly prototyping hardware/software architectures to determine whether new sensors, interfaces, or system concepts are technically viable