Senior Firmware Engineer

over 2 years ago
Full time role
San Francisco, CA, US... more
San Francisco, CA, US... more

Company

Spin provides your community with dockless scooter-share to get you where you need to gowhether you're commuting to work, going ...

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Job Description

About Spin

Spin operates electric scooters in cities and campuses nationwide, bringing sustainable last-mile mobility solutions to diverse communities. Recognized for its consistent cooperation and collaboration with cities, Spin partners closely with transportation planners, elected officials, community groups, and university administrators to bring stationless mobility options to streets in a responsible and carefully orchestrated manner.Based in San Francisco, Spin is a diverse team of engineers, designers, urban planners, policymakers, lawyers and operators with experience from Y Combinator, Lyft, Uber, local and federal government, and the transportation advocacy world. Spin launched the first stationless mobility program in Seattle, and has since expanded to become one of the largest scooter sharing companies with operations across the US. Spin is expanding quickly and looking for top-tier talent to help us bring affordable and accessible transportation options to cities and define what future safe streets will look like.

About the Role

We are looking for a firmware engineer to help us make the best possible scooters. You will be responsible for developing new features and new scooters. You will work on everything from the IoT, to the motor controller, to advanced AI features. Come up with ideas for making the scooters better and then make them a reality!

The Team

Our team consists of people that are passionate about creating finely polished and intuitive experiences and, at the same time, obsess over performance and reliability of what we build. We challenge the status quo and strive towards finding the best way to solve problems.We work in very small groups to keep processes and overhead low, so we have a lot of trust and accountability to perform the work required to build the best product.

Responsibilities

  • Develop robust systems critical firmware for SPIN’s electric scooters.
  • Collaborate with electrical engineers to develop scooter controls and scooter peripherals.
  • Develop firmware upload and QC processes for new products.
  • Define system architecture.
  • Work with mobile and back end teams to ensure efficient and seamless communication.
  • Take projects from concept to full deployment.
  • Imagine and then create new system features.

Qualifications

  • Excitement about working in micro mobility.
  • 5 to 8 years of experience.
  • Strong experience and proficiency in embedded languages, particularly with C.
  • Experience using Python.
  • Experience with firmware development, testing, and debugging.
  • Understanding of UART, I2C, SPI, and CANbus communications.
  • Ability to read PCB schematics.
  • Experience with PCB bringup.
  • Experience with over the air firmware updates
  • Experience developing Bootloaders.
  • Experience with bluetooth, especially programming for Nordic Bluetooth chips.
  • Experience with cellular data communication .
  • Experience developing APIs.

Nice to Haves

  • Experience with motor controllers.
  • Experience with GNSS, IMUs, and NFC.
  • Experience with mesh networks.

Benefits & Perks

  • Opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and help shape and establish the company’s industry leadership.
  • Competitive health benefits.
  • Daily catered lunch in our SF office.
  • Unlimited PTO for salaried roles.
  • Commuter stipend plus pre-tax benefits.
  • Monthly cell phone bill stipend.
  • Wellness perk for salaried roles.

Spin is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment in an unlawful matter. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all individuals. Spin treats all employees and job applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence without regard to any qualified individuals' sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristic or information, marital status, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. Spin also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable local, state, and federal law.

Spin is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in its job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at job_accommodations@spin.pm.

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