Embedded Systems Manager/ Lead

Company

In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.

Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Our customers operate >$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.

Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from companies like Tesla, Rivian, and Gogoro.

Role

Zitara Live Embedded, is a platform-agnostic software package developed to deliver adaptive controls software onboard batteries across EV, aerospace, and utility-scale storage applications. Zitara Live Embedded algorithms are powered by battery models, which utilize advanced numerical methods to maintain precision while meeting high-assurance and real time computation requirements that can operate across diverse platforms, from small microcontrollers to full POSIX server systems.

We're seeking a "player-coach" technical lead who can architect and implement complex algorithmic firmware and systems-level software both directly and by leading an engineering team. The successful candidate will have extensive experience with the practical realities of delivering real-time software on multiple platforms, low-level software architecture techniques, and be prepared to participate in software lifecycle and program management.

The role will work closely with product and program management, application engineering, numerical modeling teams, and executive leadership to synthesize and implement current and next generation product plans, help manage software delivery and operations, design QA processes, and triage and resolve field issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and communicate complex software architecture through written documentation and in-person discussion
• Synthesize requirements and constraints from multiple stakeholders, including leaders from both commercial and technical teams
• Implement software to meet high-assurance and reliability requirements in portable C
• Lead a team of engineers to develop and validate the Zitara embedded product suite
• Participate in program and product management process and anticipate schedule and project risks
• Help manage and design both automated validation and manual acceptance testing processes to ensure software quality

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in embedded or low-level systems software development
• 3+ years of experience as a technical lead or engineering manager
• Experience delivering software on microcontrollers in an RTOS or on bare metal
• Excellent proficiency in portable C, including C99
• Knowledge of compilers and toolchains for microcontrollers
• Practical knowledge of digital signal protocols such as I2C, SPI, and CAN
• Bachelors' in CS, EE, or similar field
• Superior written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Additional Qualifications

• Experience in high assurance systems development (eg, ISO26262 or DO178)

• Experience with Rust

• Experience with Bazel

• Knowledge of numerical methods and pitfalls with floating point math

• Familiarity with analog sensing and signals

• Familiarity with battery or energy systems applications

• Note: this position may be filled by a candidate either remote or hybrid in-person in our SF office. In-person candidates will be preferred, and remote candidates will need to demonstrate superlative organizational and communication skills.

What We Offer

• A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA or remotely.
• Competitive pay.
• Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.
• A 401k savings plan.
• “Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.
• Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.