Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Senior Embedded Software Engineer 

Radiant is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and test firmware for instrumentation and control (I&C) systems on the Kaleidos reactor system, hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) test stands, and PLCs. You will develop mission critical, highly performant embedded systems for microcontrollers to interface with sensors and actuators. The candidate will be comfortable working in early design architectural stages and owning through production. You will have the opportunity to build mission critical autonomous software control systems for the first commercialized portable nuclear microreactor.  

Responsibilities and Duties:  

• Design and build reliable, fault-tolerant firmware for test systems and production hardware. 
• Develop and bring up real-time operating systems and drivers for I&C modules.  
• Lead design reviews, review and iterate on feedback, and partner closely with cross-functional teams in nuclear, thermomechanical, and electrical.  
• Be a responsible engineer from architectural design through test, build and implementation. 
• Optimize and build diligence into robust testing plans and documentation.  

Required Qualifications and Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or similar discipline from accredited institution.  
• 5+ years of industry experience on embedded firmware, including 1+ year of design and architecture experience.  
• Proficient in C++ and Python.  

Desired Qualifications and Skills:  

• Experience with ThreadX or RISC-V. 
• Experience working with instrumentation and control systems.  
• Experience with FPGAs.  
• Comfortable taking extreme ownership of responsibilities and domain.  
• Strong communication across interdisciplinary teams and distilling deep technical topics to non-technical audiences.  
• Comfortable working autonomously and proactively in day-to-day activities.