Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Glydways

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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 a reliable, safety-critical machine. 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. This role involves developing firmware for safety-critical systems that carry real passengers, where reliability is paramount.

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.

What This Job Offers

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