Senior Software Engineer - Embedded

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Responsibilities

• ▹Provide technical direction and architecture for complex systems
• ▹Design and implement the embedded software that runs on the vehicle
• ▹Characterize, integrate and validate key subsystems (e.g. next-gen camera, radio)
• ▹Bring up and debug new hardware
• ▹Write interfaces and drivers for sensors and other devices

Requirements

• ▹Ability to write modern C++ in a real-time embedded environment
• ▹Python development experience
• ▹Ability to write clean code with appropriate abstraction boundaries
• ▹SOC development (Qualcomm devices a plus), embedded microcontrollers, camera drivers
• ▹Practical experience writing firmware/embedded code for a physical device
• ▹Embedded Linux userspace and kernel development
• ▹Fundamental knowledge of low-level firmware
• ▹Hands-on hardware bring-up, system debugging and code optimization
• ▹Knowledge of debugging systems at ARM assembly code level

Nice to have

• ▹Embedded security and cryptographic firmware development experience

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Competitive base salary and equity in the form of stock options
• ▹Comprehensive health insurance plans
• ▹Paid vacation, sick leave and holiday pay
• ▹401K savings plan
• ▹Relocation assistance for eligible roles

About the company

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The team writes bare metal and RTOS microcontroller code (stm32), integrates embedded Linux and Android platforms (Qualcomm and Nvidia SOCs) and maintains the associated Linux kernels.