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Senior Firmware Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
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Posted:
1 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
28 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
About Gridware
Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR) focused on monitoring the electrical physical and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridwares advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety reduce outages and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information please visit.
Role Description
Our goal is to stop grid-ignited wildfires. To do that our devices need to run robust well-tested and power efficient firmware. We are looking for you to help us develop that firmware. You will solve challenges related to power consumption communications and signal processing enabling our devices to detect increasingly subtle faults in increasingly remote regions.
Responsibilities
- Develop C/C firmware for our microcontroller platform
- Implement drivers for microcontroller peripherals and external sensors
- Work with our backend codebase to develop and test device communications
- Maintain and extend our build system to support various embedded hardware platforms
- Develop efficient data processing and collection algorithms in a resource-constrained environment
- Develop unit tests write and execute test plans
Required Skills
- Strong C and/or C knowledge
- Python or another scripting language
- Comfortable using Git
- Comfortable in a Linux development environment
- Comfortable working across multiple domains (hardware firmware software)
- 3 years embedded software engineering experience (Embedded Linux RTOSs bare metal etc)
- Experience developing and debugging hardware
Bonus Skills
- Strong understanding of operating system and real-time operating system concepts
- Assembly language (extra bonus points for ARM)
- Basic web programming knowledge (backend)
- Comfortable debugging with an oscilloscope and/or logic analyzer
- Professional experience deploying firmware
- Experience with LoRa SigFox or other Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANS)
- Experience with digital signal processing (DSP)
- Previous experience in rapidly scaling startups
- Previous experience working with CMs/ODMs on medium to high-volume products
$190000 - $195000 a year
**At this time Gridware is unable to provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this role. Were only able to consider candidates who are currently authorized to work in the country of employment without visa sponsorship now or in the future.**
This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list we encourage you to apply!
Benefits
Health Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
Paid parental leave
Alternating day off (every other Monday)
Off the Grid a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Commuter allowance
Company-paid training
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply! Benefits Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) Paid parental leave Alternating ... View more
