About the role
About Embedder
Embedder is building AI agents for hardware teams. Our agents read datasheets, generate production C/C++ firmware, and verify their own code in a closed loop on real silicon. We are a YC S25 company backed by CRV, Box Group, and Emerson Collective, with $XM+ raised, 5,000+ engineers using the product, and 100+ paying customers across automotive, aerospace, medical, IoT, and consumer electronics. We sell software and we run a full-stack firmware design service — this role does both.
The Role
You will be the hardware conscience of the company. You'll architect and own entire firmware projects for customers, push the product where it bends, and help build the parts of the platform only an experienced firmware engineer can design well — HIL/SIL test harnesses, debugger and test equipment integrations, and specialized workflows for the entire firmware lifecycle.
What You'll Do
- Architect and deliver firmware projects for customers at speed using our AI systems.
- Work alongside our software and product engineers to build the industry standard framework for how AI interacts with hardware, debugging servers, test equipment and test benches.
- Help shape engineering culture, hiring bar, and technical roadmap as one of our founding engineers.
Who You Are
- 3–5 years of professional firmware or embedded software experience after college (open to less if your work is exceptional).
- Proficiency in C programming in embedded, RTOS systems. Familiarity with MISRA C a plus.
- You've shipped real products, not just dev-board demos — drivers, RTOS, power management, comms stacks (I²C, SPI, UART, USB, BLE, CAN, etc.).
- Capable of reading and interpreting PCBA schematics for developing and troubleshooting firmware.
- You use modern AI coding tools daily and have built your own automations on top of them.
