Embedded System Lead Engineer @Pelagon (backed by Hexa)
Removed from the employer's board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.
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Join Pelagon, a pioneering deeptech startup focused on autonomous maritime protection. As the Embedded System Lead Engineer, you will take end-to-end technical ownership of the hardware, electronics, and embedded stack across a family of autonomous maritime platforms. You will lead the technical development, design the compute-and-power architecture, and ensure reliable hardware is deployed quickly. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a mission-driven company at the forefront of technology and sustainability.
Missions
- Assumer la responsabilité technique de bout en bout du matériel, de l'électronique et de la pile embarquée pour une petite famille de plateformes maritimes autonomes.
- Diriger le développement technique des plateformes, de l'architecture et de la sélection des composants à l'intégration, aux essais en mer et à l'itération.
- Concevoir l'architecture de calcul et d'alimentation qui permet l'exécution de modèles de détection sur le dispositif, en maximisant l'inférence à partir de chaque milliwatt.
Profil recherché
**Who we're looking for**You are a sharp, senior builder who wants to own a problem, not be handed a ticket. Specifically:
* **5+ years** building real, shipping hardware - embedded systems that had to be efficient, robust, and survive the real world.
* Direct experience building **drones or autonomous systems**. This could come from drone companies (e.g. Parrot), automotive / autonomous vehicles, or the marine autonomy space.
* Deep, hands-on command of the **full embedded stack**: electronics design, power systems, motor/actuator control, sensor integration, microcontrollers and embedded Linux, and firmware close to the metal.
* Comfort with **autopilot / flight-controller ecosystems** (Pixhawk, ArduPilot / ArduSub / PX4 or equivalent) and the realities of real-time control.
* Experience **deploying AI/ML models at the edge** - embedded inference, accelerators (GPU / NPU / TPU-class), model quantization and optimization, and the power-versus-performance tradeoffs that come with it. This is central to what we do.
* A bias toward action: you prototype, test, break, and iterate - and you're energized by tight deadlines and a mission that genuinely matters.
* Fluency working in a fast, ambiguous, founding-team environment where you define the process as much as follow it.
**Bonus points for:** mechanical / mechatronic breadth (you can reason about hulls, sealing, and thrust as well as circuits); experience with subsea or marine hardware; comms in degraded / contested environments; CFD or hydrodynamics intuition; or having taken a hardware product from zero to fielded at scale.