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We work with partners across healthcare, logistics, food, and retail to deliver everything from medical items to everyday essentials, safely and reliably.\nWe’re seeking an Embedded Systems Engineer to make the boards, sensors, and software on our aircraft and ground stations work together as reliable systems. Working at the boundary between hardware and software, you’ll define interfaces and requirements, bring up and integrate new boards and peripherals, and prove they work through bench, hardware-in-the-loop, and flight testing. You’ll work closely with our Electrical, Mechanical, and Onboard Software teams, alongside senior engineers who will help you grow your scope.\nIn this role, you will:\nIntegrate boards, sensors, actuators, and communication links into working subsystems on our aircraft and ground stations\nDefine and document subsystem requirements and interfaces, including messages, timing, power, and failure behavior across CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and BLE\nBring up new boards and hardware revisions with Electrical, and write the firmware and test code needed to exercise them\nPlan and run subsystem verification, from bench and hardware-in-the-loop testing through flight test, including test plans, acceptance criteria, and sign-off\nContribute to component and sensor selection and trade studies, and review schematics and designs with Electrical\nTriage integration and field issues across hardware, firmware, and comms, and collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Onboard Software, Operations, Safety, and Production\nRequirements\nBS in Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering, or a related field, and 3+ years in embedded systems, hardware/software integration, or test\nWorking proficiency in C/C++ for firmware and test tooling, plus Python for automation and data analysis\nSolid knowledge of embedded communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART) and how to debug them\nComfort reading board-level schematics and datasheets, and debugging at the signal level using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers\nExperience writing requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria, and verifying a subsystem against them\nAbility to support flight test needs and debug systems rapidly at our flight test facility\nClear technical communication and strong cross-disciplinary teamwork in a fast-paced environment\nPreferred Qualifications:\nUAV, autonomous robotics, aerospace, or other safety-critical regulated experience\nExperience with hardware-in-the-loop test setups and test automation\nFamiliarity with an autopilot stack such as ArduPilot or PX4, and UAV/avionics technologies (ADS-B, GPS/GNSS, LiDAR, radar)\nExperience with embedded Linux on ARM, an RTOS, or bare-metal firmware\nExperience with power systems, battery management systems, or smart battery ICs\nExperience with environmental, EMI/EMC, or reliability testing\nFamiliarity with systems engineering practices such as interface control documents, requirements traceability, or FMEA\nExperience using AI coding assistants to accelerate development\nHands-on PCB, wiring harness, or lab prototyping experience\nBenefits\nAt Matternet, we’re advancing a new era of logistics, one where autonomous drones deliver what matters faster, cleaner, and more efficiently. 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