About Careertakes

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What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain embedded firmware for bare-metal and RTOS-based systems that run on vehicle controllers and sensors.
• Implement and test digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN) to integrate sensors, actuators, and vehicle networks.
• Contribute to state machines, command/control software, and safety-related logic for autonomous vehicle functions.
• Write reliable, memory- and performance-conscious code (primary language: Rust; C/C++ as needed).
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to integrate, debug, and validate hardware–software interfaces using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and SWD/JTAG debuggers.
• Build unit and integration tests and validate firmware on hardware test stands and target boards.
• Debug on-target using standard embedded tools and participate in code reviews, design discussions, and documentation.

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What Success Looks Like

• After 30 Days: You understand the embedded architecture, development toolchain, and hardware platforms; you contribute small bug fixes and tests.
• After 60 Days: You independently implement and test scoped embedded features and debug on target hardware.
• After 90 Days: You deliver validated embedded software on target hardware, own smaller features or subsystems, and contribute to team practices.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience programming in C, C++, Rust, or another systems programming language via coursework, internships, projects, or professional work.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, microcontrollers, or real-time software development.
• Understanding of SPI, I2C, UART, CAN and basic hardware interfaces.
• Knowledge of state machines, interrupts, memory management, and constrained-resource programming.
• Hands-on experience debugging technical systems (academic projects, internships, student teams, personal projects, or professional work).
• Strong problem-solving skills and interest in working directly with hardware.
• Willingness to learn Rust and modern embedded development practices.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Internship, co-op, research, or project experience developing embedded software.
• Experience with bare-metal or RTOS-based development.
• Familiarity with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, or other hardware debugging tools.
• Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, or similar hardware-focused projects.
• Exposure to control systems, PID controllers, or motion control.
• Additional coursework or projects in electrical engineering or digital electronics.
• Prior Rust experience or strong interest in building production embedded software in Rust.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Target salary range: $132,000 USD - $152,000 USD (annual). Final compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, and location in accordance with applicable laws.
• Employment type: Full-time.
• Location: Los Angeles, CA (onsite / hybrid as required by the role). Travel as needed for test stands and integration work.
• Confidential Client provides standard benefits (medical, dental, retirement, PTO) — specific offerings will be shared during the hiring process.

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Why This Role

• Work on real-time firmware for autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles that aim to transform freight logistics.
• Early-career friendly: strong mentorship with opportunities to own features, grow embedded systems expertise, and ship code that runs on production hardware.
• Hands-on hardware-software integration experience and a chance to build modern embedded systems using Rust.

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Keywords / Skills

• Embedded Software Engineer Los Angeles, CA
• Rust embedded, C/C++ firmware
• RTOS, bare-metal development
• CAN, SPI, I2C, UART
• Microcontroller programming, hardware integration
• Vehicle software, autonomous systems

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

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