Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Automotive)

Location: United States, Remote

Company

hirify.global is developing a carbon-neutral public transit system based on standardized autonomous vehicles operating on dedicated roadways.

What you will do

• Design, prototype, build, and test production firmware for safety-critical vehicle systems.
• Develop and optimize applications in RTOS environments for reliability, latency, throughput, memory footprint, and power consumption.
• Own communication architecture between MCUs, sensors, and main compute using standard and custom protocols.
• Lead board and SoC bring-up, including bootloaders, drivers, and low-level diagnostics, from prototype through production.
• Build automated unit, integration, and system testing frameworks with test and platform engineers.
• Mentor embedded engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering standards and best practices.

Requirements

• Expert-level C and/or C++ for embedded systems.
• Strong command of low-level and higher-level communication protocols, including SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, and TCP/UDP.
• Experience developing in RTOS environments such as PX5, 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 manner.
• Demonstrated software speed and size optimization for resource-constrained platforms.
• Understanding of the embedded software development life cycle, including 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 such as automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial, or robotics systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with safety-critical systems and processes such as ISO 26262.
• Experience in automotive or transit domains.
• Experience with automotive-grade safety MCUs, ideally NXP S32K3 or comparable lockstep/ASIL-rated parts such as Infineon AURIX or TI TMS570.
• Familiarity with kernel internals and low-level OS concepts.
• Experience with deterministic timing and networking, including NTP, PTP, or TSN.
• Experience with CAN tooling and DBC-based workflows.
• Comfort using electronics test equipment and hardware debugging tools.
• Scripting experience, such as Python, for test automation and tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on firmware for autonomous transit vehicles where reliability is a safety requirement and the software contributes to the safety case.
• Collaborate with electrical, software, test, and platform engineers across vehicle subsystems.
• Work hands-on with sensor kits, custom boards, main compute platforms, and new hardware.
• hirify.global provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination and harassment under applicable federal, state, and local laws.