Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Who we are

Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing education employment commerce and care. By making transportation more accessible affordable and sustainable we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity. Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity exceptional user experiences unmatched affordability and minimal environmental impact. The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies. With Glydways we’re building more than a transportation system we’re creating a future where everyone everywhere has the freedom to move. Meet the team 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. Because our software touches nearly every subsystem we collaborate with engineers from across the company and get hands-on with the newest hardware in the building.

About the Role

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer you will own critical firmware domains lead complex cross-functional projects and help shape our embedded platform and engineering best practices. This is firmware that carries real passengers—on a Glydways vehicle reliability is a safety requirement not just a performance goal and the code you ship is part of the safety case. Roles &

Responsibilities

Design prototype build and test production vehicle firmware for safety-critical systems. Develop and optimize applications in RTOS environments tuning for reliability latency throughput memory footprint and power on resource-constrained platforms. Own and evolve the communication architecture between MCUs sensors and main compute across both standard and custom protocols (SPI UART I2C CAN TCP/UDP and more). Lead bring-up and debugging for new boards and SoCs—bootloaders drivers and low-level diagnostics—partnering with electrical engineers and software developers to take new sensor and compute platforms from prototype to production. Define and build automated testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit integration and system levels alongside test and platform engineers. Mentor other embedded engineers give thorough code reviews and help set engineering standards tools and best practices across the team. Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

Core technical skills Expert-level C and/or C++ for embedded systems additional languages and tooling are a plus. Strong command of communication protocols from low level (SPI UART I2C CAN) to higher level (TCP/UDP). Experience developing on RTOS environments (e.g. PX5 or other POSIX/pthreads-based real-time OSes such as embedded Linux with pthreads QNX VxWorks or RTEMS). Experience with MCU bootloaders device drivers and new board or SoC bring-up. Experience deploying firmware to multi-device systems or vehicles in a power-safe fault-tolerant way. Demonstrated speed and size optimization for resource-constrained platforms. Process and quality Experience with safety-critical systems and processes (e.g. ISO 26262 or similar standards) is highly valued. Solid understanding of the embedded software development life cycle—version control code review CI and automated testing.

Nice to have

Experience in automotive and/or transit domains. Experience with automotive-grade safety MCUs — ideally the NXP S32K3 family or comparable lockstep/ASIL-rated parts (e.g. Infineon AURIX TI TMS570). Familiarity with kernel internals and low-level OS concepts. Experience with deterministic timing and networking such as NTP PTP or time-sensitive networking (TSN). Experience with CAN tooling and DBC-based workflows. Comfort with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters oscilloscopes power supplies etc.). Scripting experience (e.g. Python) for test automation and tooling. Typical experience Typically 7+ years developing embedded software for production systems including substantial work on safety-critical or highly reliable platforms (automotive aerospace medical industrial robotics etc.). If you’re excited about this work but don’t check every box we’d still love to hear from you. We know the best candidates don’t always match every line of a job description. This is a hybrid role 2 days/week from our Pittsburg PA office. No relocation assistance available. Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.