Senior Firmware Engineer in South San Francisco, California at Mammoth DS, Inc

Atlas is charting the future of data and computing by pioneering Molecular Computing technology. We're a recently funded, high-growth startup at the intersection of Information Technology and Bio Technology, tackling some of the most complex IT challenges in the world. We're looking for an exceptional Senior Firmware Engineer to join our core engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to apply your full-stack expertise and low-level programming knowledge to build the systems that make Molecular Computing a commercial reality.

About the Role:

As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you will be an essential member of our engineering team. You'll help design and implement high-performance firmware across multiple systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing high-performance firmware capable of handling large data payload while ensuring end-to-end data integrity.
• Working closely with hardware, electrical and chemistry teams to help define requirements and specifications.
• Architecting and implementing using bare metal languages such as C and C++
• Bringing expertise in low-level programming to develop reliable firmware with strict timing requirements.

Required Skills

• 6+ years of professional software development experience in a senior technical role.
• Expertise in C and C++.
• Deep, demonstrable understanding of memory management in embedded platforms.
• Proven ability to write performant, low-latency, and highly optimized code, particularly when dealing with large data payloads (multi-gigabyte scale).
• Experience designing and implementing firmware using high-speed buses (SPI, 1G/10G Ethernet, USB…).
• Experienced in using real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, DMA controllers, AXI bus, interrupt mechanisms and low-level threading implementation.
• Knowledge of IP protocols down to the physical layer

Desired Skills

• Prior experience working directly with hardware development, bring-up, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of FPGA and ASIC integration
• Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.