Antares Nuclear
Senior-Staff Embedded Software Engineer
$160K–$235K
Los Angeles · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
About the job
Build and own real-time embedded software for Antares’ microreactor and test hardware, from requirements and design through verification, deployment, and ongoing operations.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, integrate, and validate embedded software with custom electronics and reactor control systems.
- Define software architecture, interfaces, fault handling, and verification strategies; support lab integration, qualification, and reactor testing.
- Lead design and code reviews, establish practices, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience with microcontrollers, bare-metal systems, an RTOS, or similar constrained real-time platforms.
- Experience designing embedded components, interfaces, state machines, and task structures, with understanding of interrupts, scheduling, concurrency, timing, and resource limits.
- Working knowledge of embedded interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, or RS-485; debugging and embedded testing experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in regulated, mission-critical, or safety-critical industries.
- Experience with fault-tolerant systems, board bring-up, bootloaders, automated testing, or safety-critical development practices.
Pay
$160,000-$210,000 USD base salary; $195,000-$235,000 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, RS-485
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