Senior Firmware Engineer

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Gridware
Provides real‑time, pole‑mounted sensors and analytics for continuous power grid monitoring and hazard detection.
Develop and maintain power-efficient firmware for grid-monitoring devices.
8 days ago ago
Intermediate (4-7 years), Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
San Francisco, CA
Remote
Company Size
50 Employees
Service Specialisms
Engineering
Consulting
Technical Services
Design
Project Management
Sector Specialisms
Electrical Grid
Utilities
Energy
Telecommunications
Environmental Monitoring
Grid Management
Infrastructure
Power Delivery
Role
What you would be doing
build system
driver development
firmware development
unit testing
data processing
device communication

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.

  • Maintain and extend our build system to support various embedded hardware platforms
  • Implement drivers for microcontroller peripherals and external sensors
  • Work with our backend codebase to develop and test device communications
  • Develop unit tests, write and execute test plans
  • Develop C/C++ firmware for our microcontroller platform
  • Develop efficient data processing and collection algorithms in a resource-constrained environment
What you bring
embedded linux
rtos
c++
python
git
dsp
  • Professional experience deploying firmware
  • Comfortable in a Linux development environment
  • Previous experience working with CMs/ODMs on medium to high-volume products
  • Previous experience in rapidly scaling startups
  • Python or another scripting language
  • 3+ years embedded software engineering experience (Embedded Linux, RTOS’s, bare metal, etc)
  • Experience developing and debugging hardware
  • Assembly language (extra bonus points for ARM)
  • Comfortable working across multiple domains (hardware, firmware, software)
  • Experience with digital signal processing (DSP)
  • Strong understanding of operating system and real-time operating system concepts
  • Strong C and/or C++ knowledge
  • Comfortable using Git
  • Basic web programming knowledge (backend)
  • Experience with LoRa, SigFox, or other Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANS)
  • Comfortable debugging with an oscilloscope and/or logic analyzer
Benefits

Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)

“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.

Paid parental leave

Commuter allowance

Company-paid training

Alternating day off (every other Monday)

Training + Development
Information not given or found
Company
Overview
$26.4M Series A
Funding Round
Secured significant investment from notable firms including Sequoia, Lowercarbon, and Fifty Years.
70% Outage Reduction
Service Improvement
Customers experienced a dramatic decrease in the duration of power outages thanks to Gridware's technology.
10,000+ Poles
Deployment Scale
The system has been installed across a vast network spanning thousands of poles and miles of power lines.
7× Revenue Growth
Financial Achievement
The company experienced rapid expansion and success in its first year of operation.
  • Founded by a former lineman and two Berkeley engineers to revolutionize power grid awareness.
  • Flagship Gridscope device provides edge analytics and alerts even during outages.
  • Technology integrates multiple types of sensing to detect hazards like fallen limbs.
  • After a pilot with PG&E, expanded operations across North America.
  • Physical tests include extreme conditions like live wire cutting to optimize hazard detection.
  • Combines solar-powered, ruggedized sensors with a cloud-independent analytics system.
Culture + Values
  • Passion, innovation, and technology align to modernize the power grid.
  • Pioneering ‘Active Grid Response’—immediate detection, precise localization, detailed identification, outage monitoring.
  • Developed in partnership with utilities—focused on working alongside linemen.
  • Built by a lineman for linemen—understands the rigor and commitment required in the field.
  • Relentlessly committed to giving crews the right tools to get the job done.
Environment + Sustainability
1,000+ miles & 10K+ poles
Gridscope Deployment Scale
Expanded Gridscope sensor deployment covers over 1,000 miles of power lines and 10,000 poles, enhancing wildfire risk mitigation efforts across multiple states.
70% Outage Reduction
Improved Grid Reliability
Gridscope technology has been shown to significantly reduce outage durations by over 70%, enhancing power grid stability and wildfire prevention.
  • Technology deployed across five U.S. states to reduce wildfire risk via early detection of vegetation and fallen-line hazards.
  • Continuous environmental stressor measurement (e.g., vibrations from falling branches) enables predictive maintenance and environmental hazard mitigation.
Inclusion & Diversity
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