Embedded Software Engineer, Lasers

Location: Boston, MA; flexible hybrid workplace model

Salary: $140,000–$165,000 USD per year, plus equity and other rewards.

Company

hirify.global develops photonic computing and interconnect products for extreme-scale AI and high-performance computing data centers.

What you will do

• Implement and tune active laser control and stabilization algorithms on embedded targets.
• Own firmware components for photonic transceiver diagnostics, telemetry, and monitoring from requirements through release.
• Contribute to control-plane and diagnostics architecture with photonic, analog, digital, systems, and network engineers.
• Integrate transceiver management and telemetry with CMIS, OpenBMC, and DMTF interfaces.
• Bring up and debug new hardware using GDB, JTAG, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and optical test equipment.
• Build automated test and data-collection tooling, document findings, and support repeatable system characterization.

Requirements

• BS with 5+ years of experience, MS with 3+ years, PhD, or equivalent practical experience in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, or a related field.
• Experience delivering embedded software for a shipped product or production or field-deployed hardware.
• Proficiency in C or C++ and comfort with Python for tooling, testing, and analysis.
• Understanding of hardware-software integration, embedded peripherals, and I2C, SPI, UART, and GPIO buses.
• Experience with resource-constrained firmware, Git, and CMake or a comparable build system.
• Hands-on embedded debugging experience with GDB, JTAG, logic analyzers, or oscilloscopes.

Nice to have

• Experience with bare-metal and RTOS systems, including FreeRTOS or Zephyr.
• Background in closed-loop control, optical transceivers, photonic systems, or precision analog and mixed-signal hardware.
• Familiarity with CMIS, OpenBMC, DMTF/Redfish, optical communication systems, laser physics, or stabilization techniques.
• Experience with optical measurement, hardware-in-the-loop testing, firmware CI, or test automation.

Culture & Benefits

• Multidisciplinary collaboration with scientists and engineers across photonic, analog, digital, systems, and network disciplines.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings matching, life insurance, disability coverage, and paid family leave.
• Vacation, sick leave, public holidays, training and development, and commuter benefits.
• Equity grants for full-time employees.