# Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

About Optivolt Optivolt’s mission is to overshoot humanity’s energy supply by reimagining solar. America is at an inflection point. We need reliable energy fast. The grid is aging. And solar, the only technology that deploys quickly enough, is still constrained by technology frozen in time. To close this gap, we build intelligent solar systems that think and adapt to real world conditions. Optivolt solar systems understand the sun, the weather, shading, harsh conditions, and optimize energy flow in real time. Every Optivolt panel is designed with an aerospace power electronics brain sealed inside to make solar more powerful and cost effective than ever in any condition. The next step is putting it everywhere. In the home as Optivolt Home Solar and in the field as Optivolt Solar Fields. Hyper performant, controllable, reliable solar that works for everyone, everywhere. Our Team & Traction Optivolt is a team of some of the best builders and doers in the world, drawing from incredible talent pools in aerospace, electrical engineering, design-led organizations. We ultimately will win by designing and building the world’s best solar energy products. But chiefly important, our organizati

- **Id**: 4145619
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/optivolt-senior-embedded-firmware-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-02T21:16:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T06:55:37Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 40
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4882
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Solar Energy

## Company

- **Id**: 3862560
- **Name**: Optivolt
- **Domain**: optivolt.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/optivolt>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 160000
- **Max**: 220000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 220000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Embedded C** — Optional: no
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 40

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T06:55:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 37
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.666
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 40
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T07:58:34Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 220000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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