Staff Firmware Architecture Engineer, Propulsion and Battery

About the role

ALSO is building vertically integrated electric vehicles and needs a senior engineer to lead firmware architecture for propulsion and battery systems. You will own end‑to‑end design, development, and testing of embedded software that powers our vehicle platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Lead architectural discussions for hardware abstraction layers, peripheral drivers, and board support packages across multiple MCU families.
• Configure, integrate, and optimize real‑time operating systems, making decisions on OS selection, task architecture, and resource management.
• Design reusable frameworks for telemetry, OTA firmware updates, and health‑monitoring across the product line.
• Contribute to Bazel‑based build infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reproducible, fast builds.
• Define coding standards, driver interfaces, and platform APIs while guiding MCU selection, memory management, and peripheral allocation.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, test, and other firmware teams to deliver robust, scalable software for ECUs.
• Support vehicle integration, feature implementation, debugging, and root‑cause analysis for powertrain and battery safety.

Required profile

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of firmware development experience, preferably in safety‑critical, time‑sensitive, resource‑constrained environments.
• Prior experience as a software architect with a strong understanding of embedded system trade‑offs.

Required skills

• Firmware development (C/C++)
• Real‑time operating systems (RTOS) integration and optimization
• Hardware abstraction layers and peripheral driver design
• Board support packages for multiple MCU families
• Bazel build system and CI/CD pipeline management
• Telemetry generation, OTA firmware updates, and health monitoring
• Memory management, boot‑time optimization, and runtime performance tuning
• Design of coding standards, driver interfaces, and platform APIs