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Salary: USD 160,000 - 205,000 / annual
Matternet is building autonomous drone networks for delivery of critical goods across healthcare, logistics, food, and retail. As an Embedded Systems Engineer, you will work at the boundary between hardware and software to integrate boards, sensors, actuators, and communication links into reliable aircraft and ground station subsystems.
Key responsibilities include:
- Integrating boards, sensors, actuators, and communication links (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, BLE) into working subsystems for aircraft and ground stations
- Defining and documenting subsystem requirements and interfaces, including messages, timing, power, and failure behavior
- Bringing up new boards and hardware revisions with the Electrical team, writing firmware and test code to exercise them
- Planning and executing subsystem verification from bench testing through hardware-in-the-loop and flight testing, including test plans, acceptance criteria, and sign-off
- Contributing to component and sensor selection, trade studies, and reviewing schematics with Electrical
- Triaging integration and field issues across hardware, firmware, and communications, collaborating with Electrical, Mechanical, Onboard Software, Operations, Safety, and Production teams
You will work closely with senior engineers who will help you grow your scope and develop your expertise in autonomous systems.
Requirements:
- BS in Electrical, Computer, Systems Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in embedded systems, hardware/software integration, or test
- Working proficiency in C/C++ for firmware and test tooling, plus Python for automation and data analysis
- Solid knowledge of embedded communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART) and debugging techniques
- Ability to read board-level schematics and datasheets, debug at signal level using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
- Experience writing requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria, and verifying subsystems against them
- Ability to support flight test needs and debug systems rapidly at flight test facility
- Clear technical communication and strong cross-disciplinary teamwork in fast-paced environment
Preferred qualifications include UAV/autonomous robotics/aerospace/safety-critical regulated experience; hardware-in-the-loop test setups and test automation; familiarity with ArduPilot or PX4 autopilot stacks and UAV/avionics technologies (ADS-B, GPS/GNSS, LiDAR, radar); embedded Linux on ARM, RTOS, or bare-metal firmware; power systems and battery management systems experience; environmental, EMI/EMC, or reliability testing; systems engineering practices (ICDs, requirements traceability, FMEA); AI coding assistants; and hands-on PCB, wiring harness, or lab prototyping experience.
