Staff Embedded Software Engineer
At a glance
Senior Embedded & Firmware role at Tarana Wireless. Milpitas · full-time · $155,000–$200,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Design and implement features with hardware, firmware, software and product teammates, from requirements through tests and documentation
- Advise application developers on platform software so they can build a stable, high-performance product
- Use lab testing and automation to check functionality, recreate failures and debug software or hardware issues
- Study component documents and reference boards, then work with supplier engineers to resolve faults and inform design changes
- Support manufacturing and operations as they qualify substitute parts, update bills of materials and prepare components
What you bring
- At least nine years building embedded systems in C or C++
- Expertise developing Linux or RTOS platforms for embedded systems with modern multicore ARM processors
- A computer science or engineering bachelor’s degree, a relevant master’s degree, or equivalent industry experience
- You can lead substantial features from initial design through delivery and automate work with Python and Bash
- You have used embedded Linux cross-compilation toolchains and can work hands-on with lab equipment
Who this fits
This senior individual contributor role suits an engineer who can take features through delivery, investigate complex issues independently and collaborate across hardware, firmware, software and product teams. The position is based in Milpitas, California.
From the employer
Join the Team That's Redefining Wireless Technology
At Tarana, we're more than just a fast-growing tech company—we’re a team of bold innovators on a mission to revolutionize broadband. Our groundbreaking Fixed Wireless Access technology is delivering fiber-class internet speeds worldwide, bridging the digital divide in ways previously thought impossible.
As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, you will work in a team whose primary responsibility is to bring up and maintain a stable operating platform and build a system for our next-generation Fixed Wireless Access (ngFWA) products.
Core traits we prioritize include intellectual curiosity, a collaborative team-first mindset, and coachability. Success in our small-company setting requires flexibility as roles evolve, the capacity to respond to rapid changes, and the initiative to learn independently. You should be prepared to manage your projects comprehensively from start to finish without relying on extensive support systems.
Candidates must demonstrate the leadership necessary to drive features to completion and the analytical skills to identify and resolve complex issues with efficient, high-quality solutions.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with Hardware Engineers, Firmware Engineers, Software Engineers, and Product Managers to design, develop, integrate, and test new features: collecting requirements, understanding HW/SW interactions, producing design documents and test plans, and writing software
- Provide platform software expertise to application developers to enable the development of a stable, high-performance product
- Work in the lab to validate functionality, reproduce and debug issues, set up and automate tests, and provide software support
- Dive into unfamiliar component datasheets, work with product reference boards and supplier FAEs to investigate, debug, and solve problems, and use information learned to guide design improvements
- Work with manufacturing and operations to provide software support for the qualification of alternate parts, BOM updates, and pre-provisioning of components
What You'll Need:
- BS in Computer Science/Engineering, MS preferred, or equivalent industry experience
- Expert knowledge of Linux/RTOS platform development in modern multi-core ARM processor-based embedded systems
- 9+ years of C/C++ embedded systems development experience
- Technical leadership skills and a demonstrated history of owning large features from conception to delivery
- Ability to write scripts and automate tasks with Python and Bash
- Hands-on experience with cross-compilation toolchains targeting embedded Linux systems
- Comfortable working in an electronic lab environment, probing hardware, and experience with common lab equipment such as JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and signal analyzers
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience reading schematics and datasheets
- Attention to detail
What Would Make You Stand Out
- Experience in embedded software development for carrier and/or enterprise products in telecommunications. Ideally, on products with internally developed SoCs
- Experience with git, Rust, Golang, Bazel, Buildroot, gRPC, Protobuf, Zephyr, U-Boot, ATF
- A working conceptual understanding of digital signal processing as applied to wireless communications — modulation, filtering, sampling, and baseband interfacing
What we offer:
We don’t just build next-gen wireless technology — we build people.
The salary range for this position is: $155,000 to $200,000
Compensation will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to: skill set, years of experience, and the employee’s geographic location.
Tarana provides competitive benefits to employees in this role, including: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K match, flexible time off, and stock options.
Join Tarana and help shape the future of wireless connectivity.
About Us
Tarana’s mission is to accelerate the deployment of fast, affordable, and reliable internet access around the world. Through a decade of R&D and over $400M of investment, the Tarana team has created and continues to enhance a suite of next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) technologies. Its unique ngFWA platform delivers game-changing advances in broadband economics in mainstream and underserved markets, using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Tarana’s ngFWA technology has been embraced by more than 300 service providers in 24 countries. Tarana is headquartered in Milpitas, California, with additional research and development in Pune, India. Learn more at www.taranawireless.com.
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