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Senior Firmware Engineer

Salient Motion

Salient Motion

Software Engineering
torrance, ca, usa
Posted on Apr 3, 2025

Who We Are

We are pioneering modular motion technologies to power the next generation of innovation for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense. If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about motor control technology, let's chat!

We are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future.

A couple other things:

  • We are open to relocating you
  • We have great benefits
  • We are well funded, and generating revenue
  • We are located in beautiful Torrance, CA and just moved into a new large hangar facility
  • We are open to Hybrid work

What you'll do:

  • Develop features and expand existing functionality by writing microcontroller low-level and application-specific firmware for our family of advanced motor controllers
  • Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span several functional boundaries as you work alongside our team of dedicated hardware, software, and controls engineers
  • Work closely with the electrical engineering team to review schematics and assist with component selection and board bring-up
  • Concurrently contribute and manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages
  • Drive the software development process by creating functional, safety, performance, and system requirements and design documentation
  • Thoroughly test (unit/integration/functional/system) your firmware

What you need:

  • BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience
  • Strong C coding experience in embedded systems
  • Experience in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
  • Experience developing firmware in bare-metal and RTOS environments
  • Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
  • Solid experience with common bus protocols (e.g., CAN, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet, etc.)

Good to haves:

  • Experience with developing products in a regulated industry
  • Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.)
  • Have a bias for action. If you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
  • Be naturally curious about the technologies and tools you use

What we have to offer:

We are not just building components. We are reshaping the future of the Aerospace and Defense component industry, which is a $300B+ market! Come join us and help build next generation systems that will make a massive impact at global scale.

  • We offer competitive compensation + equity
  • Exceptional healthcare benefits, Medical is 100% covered by the company
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401K
  • More to come!