Senior/Staff Firmware Engineer, Redwood Materials
Battery recycling startup
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Battery recycling startup
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a circular supply chain to power a sustainable world and accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- 7+ years of experience in firmware engineering, with a strong focus in batteries, renewable energy systems, or similar large-scale projects
- Proven track record in shipping new products at scale
- Excellent proficiency in Rust or C and debugging embedded systems
- Experience with digital protocols such as SPI, CAN, and Ethernet as well as application layer protocols such as CoAP or MQTT
- Expert knowledge of microcontroller hardware peripherals and RTOS
- Experience with CI/CD & test automation applied to software-enabled hardware products. Proficiency in Python is good to have
- Good to have experience with reverse engineering CAN protocols and developing custom diagnostic tools for evaluating embedded systems
- Self-motivated, with the ability to manage your work in a startup environment, balancing multiple priorities and deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to build relationships with all levels of the organization and present to internal and external executives
- The ideal candidate is highly self-driven, adaptable to a startup environment, and eager to take on novel technical challenges. If you're excited about working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting within a new department at Redwood, we want to hear from you!
What the job involves
- You will be an early member of a new engineering team, taking a hands-on role in the design, development, and integration of a new product at Redwood. This position focuses on developing robust and reliable firmware from scratch for ARM Cortex-M class microcontrollers to function within large scale, distributed industrial applications. You will work on communication with and control of various off-the-shelf devices as well as control algorithms for power electronics
- If necessary, the job level will be adjusted to suit the applicant’s experience and responsibilities
- Help build a new embedded firmware platform from scratch with a focus on robust and performant network communication
- Design and implement frameworks to support simulation and SIL/HIL integration testing
- Design and deploy state estimation and power electronics control algorithms optimized for a resource-constrained environment
- Collaborate with electrical and systems engineers closely to specify and implement system behaviors and diagnostics coverage
- Produce excellent software documentation
- Contribute to a collaborative, fast-paced startup culture, where every team member plays a crucial role in achieving company milestones
Our take
Redwood Materials, the brainchild of former Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel, is making waves in the sustainable energy sector with its strategic approach to battery recycling and domestic supply chains for lithium-ion batteries.
The company is dedicated to creating a fully closed-loop supply chain by manufacturing critical battery components using as many recycled batteries as possible, effectively localizing a 50,000-mile global battery supply chain on a single site. This strategy aims to address the critical issue of material sourcing, particularly the reliance on China for battery materials.
Redwood Materials has recently closed a Series D funding round at a post-money valuation exceeding $5B. This financial backing positions the company to continue expanding its capacity, further strengthening the US's domestic battery supply chain. With an ambitious goal to enable customers to purchase battery materials made in the US, Redwood Materials is aligned with the broader political goal of onshoring critical industries as emphasized in the USA's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2023
$1bn
SERIES D
Sep 2021
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.8bn
Company HQ
Carson City, NV
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Leadership
JB Straubel
(CEO)Co-founder of Tesla where they spent 15 years as Chief Technology Officer before founding Redwood Materials. They currently serve on the Board of Directors at Tesla and as a Board Member at QuantumScape.
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