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# Senior Embedded Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Neon Aerospace
- **Location:** Orange, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Abstraction Layers, Software Applications, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Communications Protocols, System Configuration, Software Debugging, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Embedded C, Middleware, Embedded Software, Ethernet, Firmware, Hardware Interface Design, Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Data Logging, Building Management System (BMS), Serial Peripheral Interface, Real Time Systems, Peripherals, Bare Metal, DO-178B
- **Published:** June 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2f316e6a76474271

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Systems integration?, * 5+ years of experience developing embedded firmware for complex real-time systems

 * Strong proficiency in embedded C/C++ and real-time firmware architecture
 * Experience with real-time microcontroller platforms such as TI C2000, NXP, or comparable safety-oriented MCUs
 * Strong understanding of MCU peripherals, interrupts, timers, watchdogs, memory, clocks, ADC, PWM, GPIO, and communication interfaces
 * Hands-on experience with communication protocols such as CAN, CAN derivatives, SPI, Ethernet, or ARINC 825
 * Proven ability to integrate and debug software across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries
 * Experience supporting hardware bring-up, lab validation, and HIL testing
 * Strong analytical skills and low-level debugging ability

Preferred / Bonus Experience

 * Experience with TI C2000, NXP, or similar real-time control microcontrollers
 * Prior work on safety-critical or regulated systems: aerospace, automotive, industrial
 * Exposure to certification-oriented development processes: DO-178C, ARP4754/4761, ISO 26262 concepts
 * Experience developing reusable BSPs, drivers, middleware, and embedded software frameworks
 * Background supporting motor drives, BMS, power electronics, sensors, or vehicle control systems
 * Experience supporting production launch, field issues, and long-term platform maintainability, All final candidates must successfully complete a background check and drug screening as a condition of employment.

## Description

We're seeking a Senior Platform/Real-Time Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong low-level embedded software expertise and a passion for building robust, deterministic firmware for safety-critical control systems. This role focuses on the real-time firmware foundation that enables actuators, motor drives, BMS, sensors, and vehicle-level systems to operate reliably.

You will architect, implement, and maintain firmware across real-time microcontroller platforms, owning BSPs, drivers, RTOS/bare-metal execution, timing, peripheral interfaces, diagnostics hooks, and hardware bring-up. This role works closely with embedded systems, motor control, BMS, and vehicle control software engineers to ensure the platform layer is reliable, reusable, and deterministic., * Design and maintain real-time firmware architecture for safety-critical embedded control platforms.

 * Own timing-sensitive firmware layers, interrupt structure, task scheduling, execution order, and deterministic data flow between hardware, drivers, middleware, and application software.
 * Develop firmware frameworks that support reusable control execution, communication, diagnostics, monitoring, and system integration across multiple projects., * Develop and maintain embedded software in C/C++ on real-time microcontroller platforms such as TI C2000, NXP, or comparable safety-oriented MCUs.
 * Own board support packages, peripheral initialization, device configuration, and low-level hardware abstraction layers.
 * Develop and debug drivers for peripherals and interfaces such as CAN, SPI, Ethernet, ADC, PWM, GPIO, timers, watchdogs, and other MCU peripherals.

Hardware Interfaces & Bring-Up

 * Support hardware bring-up, board validation, and low-level debugging across software and hardware boundaries.
 * Diagnose issues involving MCU configuration, clocks, interrupts, peripherals, sensors, motor drive interfaces, BMS interfaces, and communication links.
 * Work closely with electrical, controls, and systems teams to ensure the embedded firmware correctly supports actuator control, power electronics, sensors, and vehicle-level hardware.

Communication & Diagnostics Infrastructure

 * Implement robust embedded communication infrastructure for protocols such as CAN, CAN derivatives, SPI, Ethernet, ARINC 825, and other aerospace or automotive buses.
 * Support reliable data exchange, message timing, arbitration, diagnostics, fault detection, and recovery behavior at the firmware/platform level.

Integration, Test & Tooling

 * Support integration with motor control, BMS, sensors, and vehicle control software.
 * Develop test hooks, debug interfaces, logging mechanisms, automation support, and data collection tools for lab validation, HIL testing, and system debugging.
 * Support SIL/HIL environments where firmware interfaces, drivers, and platform behavior need to be validated.

Safety, Process & Lifecycle Support

 * Support safety-critical embedded software development by following disciplined software development processes.
 * Contribute to requirements, traceability, verification planning, configuration control, and certification readiness activities aligned with standards such as DO-178C, ARP4754/4761, ISO 26262 concepts, or equivalent safety frameworks.


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