Embedded Software Engineer - Firmware
MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in founders building transformative companies across sectors like space, fintech, fashion tech, robotics, and more.
About MaC Venture Capital
MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building ambitious, culture-defining companies. Their portfolio spans diverse industries, including companies like Stoke Space (reusable rockets), Pipe (embedded financial solutions), Finesse (fashion trend data analytics), and Chef Robotics (AI-enhanced food manipulation hardware). The firm positions itself as a 'conviction investor,' emphasizing deep engagement with founders and teams beyond just capital, offering strategic partnership and support through company milestones. MaC serves early-stage startup founders across a range of technology and consumer sectors, with a stated focus on backing bold, culture-defining companies.
Skills
About the Role
You will develop, test, and deploy firmware that reliably supports mission operations for a fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle. Your work will be multidisciplinary: some days you'll be probing signals on a PCB, other days writing and testing new code, and other days at the test site installing and checking out a board being integrated onto an engine. You'll own firmware for multiple avionics boards, collaborate closely with electrical engineers and other embedded software engineers, and help debug issues that sit at the intersection of hardware and software.
Requirements
- BSE in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related degree
- 2+ years of experience developing, testing, and deploying embedded systems
- Experience in Rust
- Experience using electrical lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
- Strong systems thinking and debugging skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Rigorous attention to detail
- Experience with reading and writing electrical schematics, preferably in Altium
- Familiarity with networking concepts such as UDP, MAC layer, subnets
- Demonstrated ability to write embedded rust, such as embassy
- Experience with RTOS and real time systems
- Familiarity with data acquisition systems (DAQ)
Responsibilities
- Own firmware for multiple avionics boards
- Collaborate with other embedded software engineers to develop a scalable stack and maintain a coherent interface with adjacent systems
- Work with electrical engineers to bring up boards, write firmware that meets mission requirements, and test boards to these requirements
- Debug failures or issues that live at the intersection of hardware and software
- Support teams that are using the firmware you've written by providing technical knowledge and documentation
- Contribute to the vehicle's electrical and software architecture
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 4 weeks' Paid Time Off
- 10 days of holidays (including an end-of-year closure)
- Paid Family/Parental Leave
- On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
- Dog friendly offices