Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - AQNav
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About SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is a highgrowth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the worlds greatest challenges. The companys Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences financial services navigation cybersecurity and other sectors.
We are a global team that is techfocused and includes experts in AI chemistry cybersecurity physics mathematics medicine engineering and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent growth capitalbacked company in 2022 funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ weve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity collaboration and impact. By investing deeply in our people were building a thriving global workforce poised to tackle the worlds epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission in a community of likeminded people who value entrepreneurialism ownership and transformative impact.
About the Role
Hardware Bringup & Integration
- Support hardware bringup activities including lowlevel board and SoC development BIOS development and interfacing with new hardware components.
- Collaborate with hardware and electrical teams to design and validate systemlevel functionality ensuring firmwarehardware interoperability.
- Ensure designs account for resource constraints (memory power performance) while adhering to compliance and certification requirements.
Firmware Design & Development
- Architect and implement embedded firmware for new system features focusing on performance scalability and robustness.
- Write enhance and debug realtime firmware ensuring tight integration with underlying hardware.
- Participate in API development firmware reviews and documentation to promote best practices in coding and architectural decisions.
SafetyCritical Firmware Development
- Familiarity with key aviation standards and regulations (e.g. DO178C DO254 and military standards (e.g. MILSTD2167A MILSTD882.
- Handson development using RTOS platforms such as SafeRTOS VxWorks or similar safetycertified realtime operating systems.
About You
- 6 years of experience in embedded firmware development with a track record of bringing hardware prototypes to productionready systems.
- Strong skills with lowlevel debugging board bringup BIOS support and embedded microprocessor toolchains.
- Ability to architect and document embedded systems including firmware design specifications hardware interfaces (SPI I2C UART etc. and performance tradeoffs.
- Experience with test automation CI/CD pipelines and collaborative development tools.
- Holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field.
Job Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required due to USG contract requirements.
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Youre willing and able to work from our Palo Alto location 50 of the time (hybrid).
- Proficient in high and lowlevel programming (e.g. Python Julia C C Rust MatLab etc..
- Proficient in software development methodologies and best practices (e.g. Agile practices CI/CD testdriven development.
- Handson experience with realtime systems embedded microprocessor tools and advanced debugging techniques.
Nice to Haves:
- Background in aerospace automotive or other safetycritical industries.
- Familiarity with Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) concepts and sensor fusion algorithms.
The US base salary range for this fulltime position is expected to be $154k$256k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range individual pay is determined by factors including jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity.
SandboxAQ welcomes all.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
