Embedded Software Engineer, Glydways
Autonomous electric transportation
Open for applications
Autonomous electric transportation
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide a 24/7 mobility service solution that is environmentally net-negative in terms of greenhouse gas production (GHG), and, inherently profitable.
Role
Who you are
- Expert level knowledge of C or C++ programming; other languages and skills also valuable
- Strong knowledge of communication protocols, from low level (SPI, UART, CAN) to high level (TCP/UDP)
- Experience with RTOS environments, especially FreeRTOS/SafeRTOS
- Experience with time synchronization protocols such as NTP and PTP
- Experience with safety critical systems and processes
- Bonus points for experience within automotive and/or transit
- Experience deploying firmware to multi device robots in a power safe way
- Familiarity with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc)
What the job involves
- The Vehicle Software team, as a part of Software Platform, works closely with Vehicle Hardware, Autonomy, and Robot Infrastructure engineers to go the last mile in getting software running on the robot
- Whether it’s making sure data is flowing from the latest sensor kit, or custom firmware is written and loaded onto main compute - the Vehicle Software team gets to play with all the cool new toys, and impact the entire org while working with engineers from almost every team
- Design, prototype, build, and test production embedded robotics firmware
- Evaluate, implement, test, and optimize applications in a real-time operating system environment
- Working with algorithms teams to take advantage of unique hardware acceleration opportunities
- Evaluate, design, and implement both existing and custom communication protocols between devices and between compute modules
- Work with autonomy, hardware engineers, and software throughout the lifecycle of the vehicle - from device bring-up, to software deploy
- Work with test engineers and platform engineers in developing testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit, integration, and system levels
Our take
Although more than 4000 cities across the globe meet the threshold for necessary urban mass transit systems, under 5% of them have the capacity to make it a reality. Glydways' autonomous electricity-powered transport systems could provide a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative for the 95% without rail or transport systems.
Glydways' Personal Rapid Transit systems consist of battery-operated electric vehicles called Glydcars that travel on dedicated rights of way. These “roads” can be built above ground level or through tunnels, and can integrate with other forms of public transport already existing within the city or town.
Whilst the adding of Glydcars infrastructure brings up questions of extra cost, the company’s mass transit solution has nonetheless attracted positive attention, as well as serious investment from the likes of Bill Gates' venture fund Gates Frontier. This round of funding follows news that the Glydcar has been chosen as part of two Californian transport developments, with only time able to reveal how successful the system will be.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2024
$20m
SERIES B
Oct 2023
$56m
SERIES B
Total funding: $76m
Company HQ
Downtown, South San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Mark Seeger
(CSO)Previously Director of Digital Innovation at Ogilvy. Founded M Jeans and GreenIdea, and was a Product Design Engineer at Apple.
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