Zitara is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Staff Software Engineer at Zitara, a YCombinator S20 company specializing in battery software solutions. The role involves developing complex algorithmic firmware and systems-level software for Zitara Live, meeting high-assurance and reliability requirements. The work spans the full range of the software/firmware stack from bare-metal embedded contexts to distributed server-based applications.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• 6+ years experience in industry software development in systems level C
• Creative problem solving to meet customer needs under limited resource and engineering constraints
• Track record of technical leadership and product ownership
• Experience shipping an embedded product to customers
• Strong product mindset with experience meeting customer needs
• Demonstrated ability to lead the development of complex software/firmware systems
• Experience with embedded toolchains and build systems
• Familiarity with basic git workflows for collaborative software development
• Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Understand complex problems across multiple disciplines and apply software engineering methodology to attack them
• Architect and Implement software to meet high-assurance and reliability requirements in portable C
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new product features and evaluate customer requirements
• Collaborate with project and product management to scope and schedule work to meet customer needs
• Create testing and verification frameworks to characterize performance and correctness across multiple targets
• Proactively identify opportunities for product functionality, development process, and team function
• Develop applications and systems to package and distribute the Zitara Live product to customers
• Generate concise customer-facing documentation and reference materials
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with battery or energy systems applications
• Familiarity with analog sensing and signals
• Experience with test-driven development for embedded systems and hardware-in-the-loop testing
• Practical knowledge of digital signal protocols such as I2C, SPI, and CAN
• Practical knowledge of network messaging protocols, such as MQTT or otherwise
• Experience with Rust
• Experience with Bazel
• Working knowledge of control systems (eg PID control or state estimation)
• Knowledge of numerical methods and pitfalls with floating point math

Benefits

• A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA or remotely
• Salary range $170,000 to $220,000 annual base
• Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family
• A 401k savings plan
• ���Unlimited PTO” vacation policy
• Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth