Embedded Firmware Engineer
Furientis
Embedded Firmware Engineer
Furientis
Designs and manufactures high-rate interceptor missiles
The Avionics Team owns the electronics on the vehicle: flight computer, compute boards, power conversion, sensor interfaces, wiring, and the embedded firmware that ties them together. The same engineers design the boards, write the firmware, and bring them up at the bench. No handoff layer between hardware and software.
Avionics sits on the critical path for every flight test, so the team's velocity sets the program's pace.
We’re looking for an embedded firmware engineer who enjoys working close to hardware and delivering reliable, low-latency systems in demanding environments. You’ll develop firmware, drivers, and test tools for vehicle avionics and edge-compute platforms, then bring them up alongside electrical and systems engineers. You’ll help connect sensors and actuators to onboard compute, diagnose issues at the bench, and make the full system dependable under real operating constraints.
Develop low-level firmware, drivers, and board-support software for flight computers, GPU SoMs, sensors, and vehicle peripherals.
Build and debug data paths from sensor capture through DMA and shared memory to onboard processing; work with CUDA and TensorRT pipelines on GPU-based platforms where needed.
Implement hardware configuration, diagnostics, telemetry, and automated bench tests using Rust and Python.
Integrate actuator and motor-control electronics with embedded software, including current and position feedback, commutation interfaces, and bench tuning with controls engineers.
Diagnose timing, jitter, interrupt, DMA, power, and signal-integrity issues using logs and laboratory instruments; trace failures across firmware and hardware.
Collaborate with electrical, controls, mechanical, and systems engineers on board bring-up, interface requirements, verification, and flight readiness.
B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of embedded firmware or systems-software experience, ideally on products that integrate closely with custom electronics.
Strong C/C++ or Rust skills and experience with Python for automation, diagnostics, or test tooling.
Experience with embedded Linux, device trees, drivers, sensor configuration, interrupts, DMA, and real-time or latency-sensitive behavior.
Practical debugging skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and hardware test setups; able to work through issues that cross software and electrical boundaries.
Familiarity with GPU SoMs such as NVIDIA Jetson/Orin or similar platforms; CUDA, TensorRT, and zero-copy data handling are valuable.
Clear communication and collaborative habits in a fast-moving, multidisciplinary engineering team.
Experience with aerospace, robotics, electric vehicles, flight hardware, or other high-reliability systems.
Familiarity with power electronics, BLDC/PMSM motor drives, actuator systems, EMI/EMC, or environmental qualification.
Experience taking embedded systems from prototype through production and building repeatable test infrastructure.
Daily use of agentic coding tools such as Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, or similar.
Eligibility & Logistics Location: On-site at our Los Angeles, CA HQ; remote work is not available. Monthly weekend travel for test events and supplier engagements. Clearance: A clearance is not required for this position. Must be a U.S. Person.
Equal Opportunity & Export Compliance Furientis is an equal-opportunity employer. To comply with U.S. export control laws, employment is contingent on eligibility to access export-controlled information.
Furientis is a defense technology company that designs and builds low-cost interceptor missiles with a focus on high-rate production. Its products, like the F1.0 Tactical Interceptor, are built from the ground up with vertically integrated subsystems—the seeker, control actuation, airframe, and solid rocket motor—using proprietary motor chemistry optimized for throughput. The missiles are designed for large-scale manufacturing, targeting production of about 1,000 units per factory per year and a 30-minute final assembly time per vehicle. The company emphasizes in-house manufacturing, rapid testing, and scalable operations, supported by a funded OTA contract with the U.S. government. Furientis aims to expand its production capabilities and flight-test operations, as shown by its seed funding round to hire more staff and increase testing and manufacturing capacity.
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