Staff Firmware Engineer, Sofar Ocean
$160-190k
3+ days a week in office (Pier 28, CA)
Ocean data monitoring
Open for applications
Ocean data monitoring
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$160-190k
3+ days a week in office (Pier 28, CA)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's oceans to the people who depend on them (all of us).
Role
Who you are
- You thrive in small and collaborative multidisciplinary teams, and are eager to pitch in to debug and solve gnarly issues
- You take pride in your craft
- You strive to improve the health of our oceans and planet by shipping a cohesive, elegant and impactful product
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- At least 5 years of professional embedded firmware/software experience
- Comfortable and competent in embedded C/C++
- Comfortable in Python
- Significant experience with multiple embedded platforms
- An understanding of common hardware peripherals and interfaces
Desirable
- Previously worked with multiple forms of radio telemetry
- Experience with low level embedded networking
- Experience with ARM Cortex M0 - M4 cores
- Past work in IoT, robotics, drones and/or automotive products
- A passion for or connection to the ocean
What the job involves
- You will be a key contributor to the embedded firmware design and implementation of all our hardware products: Spotter, Smart Mooring, next generation platforms and Sofar’s new open hardware connectivity stack — Bristlemouth
- This role will be working onsite from our Pier 28 office at least 3 days per week and reporting to our Firmware Engineering Manager
- Building new Bristlemouth integrations for Spotter and Smart Mooring and evolving the open source Bristlemouth core APIs
- Collaborating cross-functionally to build new features on existing platforms
- Developing next generation platforms
- Advanced research and experiments with new and emerging technologies
- Integrated system testing, open ocean deployments, and the occasional throwing of things out of airplanes to see what breaks
- Plan and implement well-designed efficient embedded firmware with automated unit and integration tests in C/C++
- Implement host-side test, analysis and automation tools in Python
- Participate in code reviews, brainstorms and whiteboard sessions with your team
- Write crystal clear specifications and documentation for both external users and internal colleagues
- Work alongside electrical and mechanical engineers in designing, integrating, testing and debugging systems
Our take
Drastically changing weather and climate is one of the foremost issues of our time. And as we work to limit the impact of the climate crisis, we need trustworthy banks of data on how these changes have manifested, and what trajectory our world is on. This is where Solar Ocean comes in, with its global network of ocean-monitoring buoys.
It is the largest network of its kind, with thousands of solar-powered ‘spotters’ across the world’s oceans delivering over 200,000 updates every day. Its product is used primarily by climate scientists, but also has important applications in shipping, weather forecasting and maritime research as well.
Sofar is the largest network of its kind, and even though its spotters aren’t as sophisticated as similar government-funded ones, the sheer scale of its data collection makes its forecasts far more accurate. The funding it has raised is supporting the further extension of its network and development of its data services.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$39.4m
LATE VC
Nov 2021
$39m
SERIES B
Total funding: $85.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental plan
- Volunteering program
- Home office stipend
- Hybrid work schedule (for most roles)
- Flexible time off (including World Oceans Day!)
- A strong internal community of ocean-lovers!
Company values
- Oceans First: We have one planet. If we have to choose between more profit or better oceans, we choose the ocean
- Grab an Oar: We pride ourselves on being proactive, taking responsibility, and always making things better
- Team Wins: We can only accomplish this mission together. Respect and help others, always
- Challenge with Heart: Vocal but open to others’ ideas. Listen, discuss, and commit
- Ship for Impact: Build for the mission, be pragmatic, and move fast. Ocean health can’t wait
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Evan Shapiro
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-founded Bad Rabbit Consulting, Spoondrift and Knit Health. At Knit Health they were also CTO, and at Spoondrift they worked as a Technical Architect.
Tim Janssen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Assistant Professor of Oceanography at San Francisco State University. They were a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School, and also worked as an Independent Research Scientist and Principal Investigator.
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