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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Embedded Systems Engineer, Quantum Energy Systems - **Company:** PRONOIA, INC. - **Location:** Torrance, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Board Bringup, Software Applications, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Firmware, Hardware Testing, Information Technology, Hardware Debugging - **Published:** July 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fe1234fd4ba9a938 ## About the Role * 3+ years of experience developing firmware that controls real physical hardware (motors, sensors, power stages), not only desktop software. * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. * Strong C and C++ and microcontroller experience. * A real understanding of real-time constraints and safety interlocks. * Experience debugging hardware-software problems with instruments in hand, such as an oscilloscope or a logic analyzer. * A self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and rapid pivots in a startup setting. Preferred Qualifications: * Flight-software, avionics, or scientific-instrument firmware background. * Experience writing control or data-acquisition software for measurement equipment. * A reliability mindset shaped by a real field failure and the process changes that followed. * Prior work in deep tech R&D alongside interdisciplinary teams. ## Description To meet our ambitious goals we are hiring an Embedded Systems Engineer to write the low-level software that runs directly on our hardware and makes our experiments and our product do exactly the right thing, every time. This is a hands-on role in a high-stakes, high-reward startup environment where reliability is not optional. In this role you will develop the firmware that controls sensors, measurement, actuation, and safety in real time. Because a battery safety cutoff cannot be a little late, you will work within strict, guaranteed timing limits, building the control and safety logic that keeps energetic hardware behaving predictably. You will partner closely with our electrical engineer on board bring-up and with the science team on instrumenting experiments, turning our experimental rigs and the product's own control electronics into dependable systems. 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