[Hiring] Embedded Software Lead @Glydways

Role Description

The Embedded Software team is where the vehicle comes to life. We write and load the firmware that turns raw hardware: sensor kits, custom boards, and main compute, into a reliable, safety-critical machine. As Embedded Software Team Lead, you will lead the engineers responsible for the vehicle’s low-level software platform. You will:

• Set technical direction and create conditions for the team to deliver reliably.
• Remain close enough to the code and hardware to make sound engineering decisions.
• Help take embedded systems from board bring-up and prototype development through integration, validation, and production deployment.

This is firmware that carries real passengers. Reliability is a safety requirement, not just a performance goal, and the code your team ships is part of the safety case.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an embedded software team or serving as a technical lead responsible for execution, engineering quality, and team growth.
• Strong mentoring, delegation, communication, and decision-making skills in a remote, cross-functional environment.
• A pragmatic leadership style that combines technical depth with scalable processes and a team-oriented approach.
• Expert-level C and/or C++ experience developing production embedded systems.
• Experience with RTOS or embedded Linux environments, MCU bootloaders, device drivers, and board or SoC bring-up.
• Strong understanding of embedded communications, including SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, TCP, and UDP.
• Experience optimizing resource-constrained systems and building automated unit, integration, and hardware/software tests.
• Solid command of the embedded software life cycle, including version control, code review, CI, release management, and automated testing.
• Experience developing safety-critical, mission-critical, or highly reliable systems, with familiarity with ISO 26262, EN 50716 or comparable processes.
• A systems mindset focused on observability, diagnosability, graceful failure, and evidence-based release decisions.

Requirements

• Experience in automotive, transit, aerospace, medical, industrial, robotics, or other safety-critical domains.
• Experience with automotive-grade safety MCUs, ideally the NXP S32K3 family or comparable lockstep/ASIL-rated devices such as Infineon AURIX or TI TMS570.
• Familiarity with kernel internals and low-level operating-system concepts.
• Experience with deterministic timing and networking, including NTP, PTP, or time-sensitive networking.
• Experience with CAN tooling and DBC-based workflows.
• Comfort using electronics test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies.
• Experience supporting software through vehicle integration, commissioning, or field operations.

Typical Experience

• Typically 8+ years developing embedded software for production systems, including meaningful experience with safety-critical or highly reliable platforms.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers; formal people-management experience is valuable, but we also welcome strong technical leaders ready to take their next step into team leadership.