Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Peak EnergyBase Salary
$190k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement real-time C++ and RTOS-based firmware for microcontrollers.
- Use microcontroller hardware to meet functional safety requirements.
- Create firmware prototypes to validate hardware designs and accelerate development.
- Verify and support software integration.
- Assist with requirements definition and support products deployed in the field.
- Participate in hardware and software design reviews.
- Apply disciplined development practices including linting, consistent formatting, naming, and commenting.
Requirements
- Extensive experience writing firmware and software in C++ or a similar systems programming language.
- At least one shipped commercial or industrial hardware product.
- A degree in science, engineering, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of professional engineering experience.
- Experience writing firmware for real-time embedded systems.
- Experience designing complex software coordinating several disparate functions.
- Experience using Linux as a development and test environment.
- Experience configuring CMake or Make build tools.
- Experience with Git, GitHub, Dagger, Docker, or similar CI tools.
- Eligibility to work in the United States.
Benefits
- Flexible time off.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan.
- Equity opportunities and other work perks.
- Full-time, onsite position in Burlingame, California.
About Peak Energy
Peak Energy is an American venture setting the standard in low-cost, giga-scale storage for the new era of clean, affordable, and reliable energy. Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling giga-watt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, SunPower, Fluence, and Enovix. Pioneering US-based vertical integration of Sodium-Ion Battery Energy Storage in partnership with leading Independent Power Producers and utilities, we will deploy systems from 2025, alongside a domestic Giga-Battery-Factory by 2027. We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience.