Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

AOSense, Inc. is the leading developer and manufacturer of innovative quantum technologies employing atom optics.  Our devices use frequency-stabilized lasers and atoms in a vacuum cell to measure accelerations, rotations, magnetic fields, and time with unparalleled accuracy and stability.  Our staff includes physicists and engineers with expertise covering a wide array of disciplines.  Our teams are dynamic and fast paced since our hardware is cutting edge.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking a hands-on embedded systems engineer to create system controllers for fieldable atom-optic (AO) gyroscopes, accelerometers, absolute gravimeters, gravity gradiometers, inertial measurement units (IMUs), magnetometers, and frequency standards.  The control hardware for AO sensors spans a broad range of technologies including low-noise analog, low-jitter digital, rf/microwave, high voltage, microcontrollers, systems on a chip (SoCs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).  An ideal candidate will have an unusually broad background developing code for several of these diverse technologies.  As a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer at AOSense, you will collaborate with scientists and engineers to specify the operational modes of sensor control hardware.  You will define, design, develop, test, debug, and maintain gateware, firmware, and software for real-time control of our sensors, with a primary focus on embedded C but also working on graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that configure and monitor sensor operation.  You will help to guide the development of future generations of quantum-atomic devices as they transition from the laboratory into the field.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to specify instrument control requirements
• Work with electrical engineers to develop mixed-signal embedded system architectures
• Develop firmware and/or gateware for low-level hardware interfaces (e.g., digital and analog I/O), data analysis, storage, and communication protocols (SPI, I2C, USB, TCP/IP, and RS-232)
• Integrate embedded controllers with GUIs
• Follow established code development standards, archiving, and version control
• Establish and execute code test and evaluation procedures
• Document device control, including requirements, design, code, user manual, and online help
• Contribute to proposals for further sensor development and applications

• Expertise developing code for devices employing microcontrollers and Xilinx Zynq SoCs
• Experience selecting architectures for complex electronic instrumentation
• Expert at real-time embedded C firmware development (32-bit ARM microcontrollers preferred)
• Comfortable with mixed-signal (digital & analog) I/O and low-level communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, USB, TCP/IP, and RS-232
• Familiar with a variety of development tools and environments
• Able to interpret electronics schematics and datasheets for device driver coding
• Expertise defining test plans for control electronics
• Hands-on skills operating standard diagnostic equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic/spectrum analyzers, and protocol analyzers)
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Applicants should thrive in a dynamic environment
• U.S. Government contracts require applicants to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Successful implementation of FPGA-based real-time measurement systems (VHDL or Verilog) using FPGA development tools (AMD-Xilinx preferred)
• Development in real-time operating system (RTOS) environments, including PetaLinux
• Embedded networking/webservers
• Experience with one or more of C#, Python, Go, Rust

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or doctorate in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science with 5 y related experience, or equivalent professional experience

• Annual salary between $150k and $250k depending on qualifications and experience
• Medical and dental
• Retirement
• Stock plan

AOSense is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran or disability status, or any other federal, state or local protected class.

AOSense is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are disabled and require special assistance or a reasonable accommodation while seeking employment with AOSense, then please contact us via email at careers@aosense.com or call (408) 735-9500 x210