Full-Time
Senior Firmware Engineer
Gridware
51-200 employees
Real-time grid monitoring and predictive maintenance
Compensation Overview
$190k - $195k/yr
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
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- Strong C and/or C++ knowledge
- Python or another scripting language
- Comfortable using Git
- Comfortable in a Linux development environment
- Comfortable working across multiple domains (hardware, firmware, software)
- 3+ years embedded software engineering experience (Embedded Linux, RTOS’s, bare metal, etc)
- Experience developing and debugging hardware
- Develop C/C++ firmware for our microcontroller platform
- Implement drivers for microcontroller peripherals and external sensors
- Work with our backend codebase to develop and test device communications
- Maintain and extend our build system to support various embedded hardware platforms
- Develop efficient data processing and collection algorithms in a resource-constrained environment
- Develop unit tests, write and execute test plans
- Strong understanding of operating system and real-time operating system concepts
- Assembly language (extra bonus points for ARM)
- Basic web programming knowledge (backend)
- Comfortable debugging with an oscilloscope and/or logic analyzer
- Professional experience deploying firmware
- Experience with LoRa, SigFox, or other Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANS)
- Experience with digital signal processing (DSP)
- Previous experience in rapidly scaling startups
- Previous experience working with Contract Manufacturers and Original Design Manufacturers on medium to high-volume products
Gridware provides a sensor-based platform that monitors electrical grid assets in real time by placing sensors on power poles. Real-time data from pole-mounted sensors is sent to analytics that detect imminent faults and wildfire hazards, enabling preventive maintenance. It differentiates itself with pole-mounted hardware and predictive analytics aimed specifically at reducing wildfire risk in wildfire-prone regions. Its goal is to improve public safety and grid reliability while lowering outages and wildfire-related liabilities for utilities.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$97.3M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2020
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $55M Series B in 2025 from Tiger Global and Generation Investment funds UK expansion.
- Ofgem's £80 billion UK grid upgrade supports Gridware's efficiency amid renewables growth.
- J.P. Morgan venture debt accelerates Gridware's US deployments and manufacturing scale.
What critics are saying
- Ampacimon locks European utilities with optical fiber sensing, blocking UK entry in 6 months.
- Sentrisense's FAA-approved drones undercut Gridware's sensors, eroding US contracts in 12 months.
- FERC Order 881 mandates free dynamic ratings by July 2025, commoditizing Gridware's subscriptions.
What makes Gridware unique
- Gridware deploys pole-mounted Gridscope sensors for real-time mechanical and environmental grid monitoring.
- Gridware's AI detects vegetation encroachment and faults during outages for all-hazards coverage.
- Gridware enables Active Grid Response with 90 million field hours of hazard prediction data.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Commuter Benefits
Company-paid training
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -2%1 year growth
↑ 1%2 year growth
↑ 3%Gridware, which makes sensors to evaluate electrical grid integrity and monitor power line hazards, has raised $55 million in a Series B round led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management. The startup, which emerged from the CITRIS Foundry in spring 2020, plans to expand into Europe, beginning with the United Kingdom. The company's technology has reduced outages by up to 70% in some cases by preventing failures in advance or accelerating restoration after storms, according to CEO Tim Barat. The expansion comes as Ofgem, Great Britain's energy regulator, pursues an £80 billion network upgrade to accommodate increasing renewable power sources and surging data centre demand. Gridware's operational efficiency improvements aim to offset rising network expenses associated with the infrastructure upgrades.
Gridware raises $55M in Growth funding. Gridware, a San Francisco, CA-based grid-technology company, raised $55M in Growth funding. The round was led by Tiger Global and Generation Investment Management with participation from Sequoia Capital, Convective Capital, Fifty Years, True Ventures, Lowercarbon, and Y Combinator. The company intends to use the funds to expand its manufacturing capacity and scale deployment operations. Led by CEO Tim Barat, Gridware is a grid-technology company dedicated to improving safety and reliability on the electrical transmission and distribution systems. Its technology monitors the physical, mechanical, and environmental conditions of utility infrastructure to identify issues early, reduce outages, and support faster restoration. Its pole-mounted Gridscope system enables Active Grid Response (AGR) by measuring mechanical, electrical, and environmental signals and enabling real-time understanding of grid conditions, identifying hazards as they emerge.
Ventiva, developer of a thermal management technology designed to bridge the gap between active and passive thermal management in a solid-state form factor, raised $24.34 million through a combination of debt, Series C1 and Series C2 venture funding in a deal led by IAG Capital Partners.
Gridware last week raised $26.4 million in Series A financing, led by Seqoia Capital, with participation from existing backers Fifty Years, Lowercarbon Capital, True Ventures, and Convective Capital.
Gridware, a continuous power grid monitoring solution provider, today announced its Series A funding of $26.4 million led by Sequoia Capital.