Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Stack AV
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About Stack:
Stack is developing revolutionary AI and advanced autonomous systems designed to enhance safety, reliability, and efficiency of modern operations. Stack's autonomous technology incorporates cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and cloud technologies, empowering us to create innovative solutions that address the needs and challenges of the dynamic trucking transportation industry. With decades of experience creating and deploying real world systems for demanding environments, the Stack team is dedicated to developing an autonomous solution ecosystem tailored to the trucking industry's unique demands.
About the Role:
The firmware team is responsible for developing and maintaining the embedded software that bridges hardware and high-level applications in the Stack AV autonomous vehicle system. Our work ensures that sensors, actuators, and compute platforms operate reliably, and in real-time, forming the foundation of safe and intelligent trucking.
As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and validation of software for our safety-critical embedded platform. You will architect firmware that interfaces directly with sensors, compute modules and the base vehicle, ensuring deterministic and safe behavior.
Responsibilities:
- Develop embedded software architectures - develop scalable, modular, and real-time embedded systems for our autonomous vehicle platform.
- Mentor and guide team members - provide technical leadership, conduct code reviews, and lead by example.
- Ensure compliance with safety standards - apply safety guidelines to build safety-critical software with robust fault handling.
- Coordinate tasks amongst team members to achieve on time delivery.
- Support vehicle testing and field deployments - diagnose and resolve embedded software issues in real-world scenarios.
Qualifications:
- Expert in C++ for embedded systems development for safety critical systems.
- Strong understanding of RTOS concepts / programming (e.g. FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS).
- Experience with safety-critical standards such as ISO 26262, DO-178C, IEC 61508, IEC 62304 or similar.
- Provide technical leadership in a small team.
- Hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and BSP development.
- Multithreaded and real-time software design.
- Good understanding of CAN and ethernet communication protocols, ideally in an automotive context.
- Has taken at least one product through to production, including maintaining the product with paying customers.
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Please Note: Pursuant to its business activities and use of technology, Stack AV complies with all applicable U.S. national security laws, regulations, and administrative requirements, which can restrict Stack AV’s ability to employ certain persons in certain positions pursuant to a range of national security-related requirements. As such, this position may be contingent upon Stack AV verifying a candidate’s residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status. This position may also involve working with software and technologies subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for Stack AV to obtain a U.S. government export license prior to releasing its technologies to certain persons. If Stack AV determines that a candidate’s residence, U.S. person status, and/or citizenship status will require a license, prohibit the candidate from working in this position, or otherwise be subject to national security-related restrictions, Stack AV expressly reserves the right to either consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions Stack AV shall establish in its sole discretion, or, in the alternative, decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.
About this role
Stack AV is building autonomous systems for the trucking industry, and this role sits at the foundation of that work—you'd own the embedded firmware that makes sensors, actuators, and compute modules work together reliably and safely in real vehicles. As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, you'd design and architect the low-level software that directly interfaces with hardware, lead a small firmware team through code reviews and mentorship, and ensure the system meets safety-critical standards like ISO 26262. This is a leadership position that demands both hands-on technical depth and the ability to guide others.
The role calls for deep expertise in C++ for safety-critical systems, solid knowledge of real-time operating systems like FreeRTOS, and practical experience with automotive communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet). You should have shipped at least one product to paying customers and maintained it through its lifecycle. Familiarity with safety standards, hardware abstraction layers, and multithreaded design is essential. Beyond the technical skills, you'll need to coordinate team delivery, troubleshoot issues during field testing, and apply safety guidelines throughout the development process.
This is a remote position based in Pittsburgh, suited for someone who has already navigated the complexity of production embedded systems and is ready to take on architectural decisions and team leadership in an autonomous vehicle context.
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