About Us

We are a venture-backed manufacturing startup building the most advanced automated production facilities in the United States. We are on a mission to make American manufacturing economically viable — through intelligent machinery, automation, and a relentless focus on execution.

We are early, we are moving fast, and we are looking for exceptional people who want to build something that matters.

Role Summary

We're looking for an Embedded Firmware and Controls Engineer to join a small, fast-moving team building large-scale industrial manufacturing equipment. This role owns the low-level firmware and motion control layer of the machine — writing embedded code, developing control loops, and integrating software with hardware across a mixed PLC and custom electronics environment.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain embedded firmware using modern languages and toolchains for custom electronics integrated into industrial manufacturing equipment

Design and implement motion control systems, including servo tuning, trajectory planning, and closed-loop control

Write PLC control logic in Structured Text and integrate with machine electrical and mechanical systems

Work within or alongside real-time operating environments, ensuring deterministic, reliable control at the machine level

Troubleshoot control and firmware issues across hardware, software, and system boundaries — from logic analysis to live machine debug on the shop floor

Generate and maintain firmware documentation, version control practices, and controls architecture documentation

Work directly alongside build technicians, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers — including remote teammates — to bring up and commission complete machine systems

Contribute to controls engineering standards and documentation practices as the function scales

Preferred Experience

4+ years of embedded firmware or controls engineering experience in a hands-on, build-oriented environment

Proficiency in modern embedded programming languages and toolchains appropriate for real-time, resource-constrained systems

Experience with motion control systems — servo drives, encoder feedback, closed-loop tuning

Familiarity with RTOS concepts and deterministic control architectures

Experience writing PLC control logic in Structured Text or equivalent IEC 61131-3 languages

Strong troubleshooting skills across firmware, controls, and hardware — comfortable diagnosing issues from the logic level down to the component level

Comfortable generating professional controls documentation — architecture diagrams, I/O lists, state machine definitions

Effective communicator and collaborator in a distributed team environment — comfortable with async communication and remote-first workflows

Flexible with schedule and hours; thrives in a startup environment where priorities shift and urgency is real

Nice to Have

Experience with Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC platform

Experience at an early-stage hard tech or deep tech startup

Prior experience on a small team where you wore multiple hats

Exposure to high-speed or high-power industrial machinery

Any prior team lead or mentorship experience

Additional

Willingness to travel as needed for vendor visits, factory acceptance testing, and on-site equipment commissioning

Comfort with a startup pace — this role demands flexibility, self-direction, and a bias toward getting things done over waiting for perfect conditions