Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Glydways • Pittsburgh, PA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Glydways is reimagining public transit with a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Our mission is to make transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable. The Embedded Software team is responsible for the firmware that transforms raw hardware into reliable, safety-critical machines. As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will own critical firmware domains, lead complex cross-functional projects, and help shape our embedded platform and engineering best practices. The code you ship is part of the safety case for vehicles carrying real passengers, making reliability a paramount safety requirement.

Requirements

• Expert-level C and/or C++ for embedded systems; additional languages and tooling are a plus.
• Strong command of communication protocols, from low level (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN) to higher level (TCP/UDP).
• Experience developing on RTOS environments (e.g., PX5 or other POSIX/pthreads-based real-time OSes such as embedded Linux with pthreads, QNX, VxWorks, or RTEMS).
• Experience with MCU bootloaders, device drivers, and new board or SoC bring-up.
• Experience deploying firmware to multi-device systems or vehicles in a power-safe, fault-tolerant way.
• Demonstrated speed and size optimization for resource-constrained platforms.
• Solid understanding of the embedded software development life cycle—version control, code review, CI, and automated testing.
• Typically 7+ years developing embedded software for production systems, including substantial work on safety-critical or highly reliable platforms (automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial, robotics, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in automotive and/or transit domains.
• Experience with automotive-grade safety MCUs — ideally the NXP S32K3 family, or comparable lockstep/ASIL-rated parts (e.g., Infineon AURIX, TI TMS570).
• Familiarity with kernel internals and low-level OS concepts.
• Experience with deterministic timing and networking, such as NTP, PTP, or time-sensitive networking (TSN).
• Experience with CAN tooling and DBC-based workflows.
• Comfort with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.).
• Scripting experience (e.g., Python) for test automation and tooling.
• Experience with safety-critical systems and processes (e.g., ISO 26262 or similar standards) is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, build, and test production vehicle firmware for safety-critical systems.
• Develop and optimize applications in RTOS environments, tuning for reliability, latency, throughput, memory footprint, and power on resource-constrained platforms.
• Own and evolve the communication architecture between MCUs, sensors, and main compute, across both standard and custom protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, TCP/UDP, and more).
• Lead bring-up and debugging for new boards and SoCs—bootloaders, drivers, and low-level diagnostics—partnering with electrical engineers and software developers to take new sensor and compute platforms from prototype to production.
• Define and build automated testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit, integration, and system levels alongside test and platform engineers.
• Mentor other embedded engineers, give thorough code reviews, and help set engineering standards, tools, and best practices across the team.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed