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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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$162K – $288K/yr

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Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless. We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work. About The Role HP IQ’s System Software team enables on-device experiences to take full advantage of our hardware capabilities. We collaborate with internal and external partners in a high-leverage environment that enables us to spend a majority of our time developing solutions that are unique to our hardware, sensors, algorithms, and interaction models. If you enjoy solving complex, interdisciplinary problems with a world-class team, we'd love to hear from you! What You Might Do Learn what it's like to be a part of a world-class embedded software team building a first-of-its-kind product in a startup environment Responsible for system design and architecture Develop low-level driver and framework software in C and C++ Develop device-focused infrastructure software in Python Debug issues at the interface between hardware and software Optimize software for better performance and lower power consumption Collaborate in the software engineering process with documentation, testing, and code review Essential Qualifications 8+ years of experience in system software engineering and embedded platf

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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$179K – $252K/yr

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Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless. We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work. About The Role HP IQ’s System Software team enables on-device experiences to take full advantage of our hardware capabilities.Our team collaborates with internal and external partners to develop unique solutions using cutting edge hardware, sensors, algorithms, and interaction models. If you enjoy solving complex, interdisciplinary problems with a world-class team, we'd love to hear from you! What You Might Do Lead, grow and mentor a high-performing embedded software team in a startup environment Serve as a technical leader and escalation point for complex hardware/software integration issues Communicate technical vision, risks, and progress clearly to cross-functional and executive stakeholders Own system-level strategy, architecture, and technical direction across multiple products Drive execution of low-level driver and framework software development in C and C++ across multiple devices and operating systems Oversee integration between hardware and software, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams Guide performance, power, and thermal optimization efforts Balance hands-on technical invol

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📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada· Full-time
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Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. Tenstorrent is looking for a Firmware Engineer working on microcontrollers and SoCs, focused on low-level C/C++ development and board bring-up. You’ll implement and debug firmware, develop boot/power/reset sequences, and use lab tools to diagnose issues across the hardware–software boundary. You’ll collaborate closely with hardware, board, and system software teams while building strong skills in modern embedded platforms, RTOS/Embedded Linux, and automated testing. This role is hybrid, based out of Toronto, Canada. We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting. Who You Are An experienced embedded engineer with a strong foundation in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field, and a track record of building reliable software for real-world systems. A strong problem solver who enjoys working where software meets hardware and can move comfortably between architecture, implementation, debugging, and system-level thinking. Curious by nature and energized by complex challenges, with a willingness to explore new technologies, development approaches, and AI-assisted tools to make engineering more effective. A thou

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📍 Long Beach, Canada
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Software Chief Architect - AvionX Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is looking for a Software Chief Architect - AvionX to join the AvionX Software team located in Long Beach, California . This position will focus on leading the AvionX Software Engineering organization. The Chief Software Architect for AvionX Software Vertical is the highest software technical authority across airborne software programs from architecture definition through certification closure. This role owns the coherence, integrity, and DO-178C/LOR compliance posture of software architectures across commercial and defense platforms, bridging software engineering discipline with system-level safety objectives and regulatory strategy. This role is also responsible to work with Enterprise Software Engineering Organizations to enable SW engineering practices and processes, such as Fabric, Design Practices etc. to be implemented across all AvionX Programs. Position Responsibilities: Advises management on a wide range of topics related to the embedded software engineering environment Consults on code for embedded systems software to run on specific specialized hardware Directs testing and debugging of software for embedded devices and systems. Influences current and emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and changes in regulations relevant to software development and hardware technologies Directs the design, development, test, debugging and maintenance of software that is integrated into embedded devices and systems and meets industry, customer, safety and regulation standards Directs the review, analyses, and translation of customer requirements into the design of softwar

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📍 San Jose, California, Canada
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Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Job Summary We are seeking a motivated engineer to join the DRAM Systems Engineering team, focusing on the development, evaluation, and optimization of next-generation memory systems for AI accelerators. This role emphasizes research and development across hardware architecture, operating systems, and performance analysis to support Agentic AI inference workloads. If you are ambitious and eager to make an impact in the exciting world of AI and memory systems, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Responsibilities Characterize AI inference workloads and examine memory behavior Build and evaluate tiered memory hierarchies for AI accelerators Study KV cache lifecycles, MoE models, and data placement strategies Compare and optimize explicit versus hardware-assisted data movement Develop, test, debug, and detail system-level and OS components Prototype and evaluate agentic AI systems by building agents and multi-agent workflows using modern frameworks and orchestration patterns (planning, tool use, memory, and context management). Apply these technologies both as workloads under study and as accelerators for internal engineering workflows <h2 style="color:!importan

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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$140K – $225K/yr

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Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless. We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work. About The Role As a Wireless Systems Software Engineer , you will help build the core software libraries and system infrastructure that power the next generation of wireless experiences at HP IQ. You will work across hardware, firmware, embedded software, operating systems, and product teams to integrate and optimize multiple wireless technologies, including Bluetooth, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), NFC , and future connectivity solutions. You will play a key role in designing scalable software architectures that bridge hardware and software, enabling seamless communication across embedded devices and host platforms. This position offers the opportunity to work on challenging system-level problems, influence the architecture of a new wireless ecosystem, and help define technologies that will shape the future of work. What You Might Do Serve as a technic al expert across wireless technologies including Bluetooth, UWB, NFC , and related embedded communication interfaces. Architect, design, and develop reusable, scalable wireless software libraries with well-defined API

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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C$45 – C$51/hr

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Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless. We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work. About The Role As a Software Engineering Intern on the Systems team at HP IQ, you’ll work on low-level software that sits close to the hardware and helps power intelligent experiences across our products. This role is ideal for students who enjoy understanding how complex systems work under the hood. You’ll have the opportunity to work across multiple layers of the software stack, investigate performance bottlenecks, optimize system behavior, and build software that interacts closely with hardware and system resources. We’re looking for engineers who are curious about more than whether something works — you want to understand how it works, why it performs the way it does, and how to make it better. What You Might Do Build and optimize low-level systems software using languages such as C and C++. Investigate performance bottlenecks and improve the speed, efficiency, and reliability of existing systems. Work on data processing and sensor pipelines that connect software with underlying hardware. Analyze and improve memory usage, resource management, and system performance. Work across multiple lay

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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$140K – $225K/yr

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Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless. We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work. About The Role HP IQ's Connectivity team is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong hands-on experience across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms. You'll bring up new hardware, develop and support firmware across core device subsystems, and help scale products from prototype to fleet deployment. A key part of this role is enabling on-device intelligence — bringing AI models, sensing algorithms, and local processing to lightweight, power-constrained devices at the edge. What You Might Do Design, develop, and debug firmware across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms. Lead hardware bring-up — board bring-up, driver integration, and firmware support through to production. Develop and maintain firmware for subsystems such as connectivity, power and other sensors. Integrate lightweight model inference and sensing/proximity algorithms within tight compute, memory, and power budgets. Support fleet-scale deployment: OTA updates, field diagnostics, and post-launch sustainment. Collaborate with hardware, systems, and QA teams to troubleshoot system-level issues and drive root-cause fixes to closure. Ess

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📍 Ontario, Canada· Full-time
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Toradex is a global company strongly focused on engineering & technology. We’re powered by a diverse & uniquely gifted workforce. We pursue the best people to propel our innovative vision of embedded computing and IoT. If you’re interested in being a driving force at an agile technology company, engineering clever computing solutions & helping other companies bring their products to life, we should talk. ABOUT US Toradex Solutions Inc. is a premier provider of high-tech electronics design, and full cycle product development and manufacture in the heart of Toronto. Our first class in-house services have helped a diverse group of customers across North America and Europe develop innovative products. We are seeking an individual who is ready to give their best to join us as we pursue new and exciting technologies. We are seeking an individual who is ready to give their best to join us as we pursue new and exciting technologies. JOB DESCRIPTION We are looking for an Embedded Electronics Designer to join our team at the Mississauga facility. As an Electronics Designer you will work with our highly talented team to develop state-of-the-art, innovative products for our customers. RESPONSIBILITIES Design of carrier boards for system-on-module’s and microcontroller based devices Analog and digital circuit design Mixed-signal and high speed digital PCB design Debugging, testing and fixing existing hardware, firmware & software. Design PCB’s that are high quality, innovative, and meet the customers cost, time, and visual requirements Support product certification Working closely with our on-site manufacturing team to support prototype build and volume manufacturing Follow through with projects from concept to production, and customer support. Consistently staying well-versed in the electronics field, layout, assembly processes, and tooling. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS This position will be compensated according to qualifications Post-secondary education in E

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📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada· Full-time
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Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. Tenstorrent is seeking a skilled Software Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-level systems software. In this role, you’ll contribute to the development and optimization of the infrastructure that powers our cutting-edge processors, with a primary focus on C/C++ development and low-level programming. You'll work closely with large inference and training model development to further drive Scale Out software and hardware performance. This role is hybrid, based out of Toronto, ON. Who You Are Strong C or C++ systems engineer with a deep understanding of memory, threading, I/O, and low-level execution models. Experienced building low-level software, drivers, embedded systems, or performance-critical infrastructure. Comfortable working close to hardware and curious about how systems behave under the hood. Proficient with Linux systems programming and debugging tools such as gdb, strace, and perf. Structured problem solver who thrives in fast-paced, highly technical environments. What We Need Design, develop, and maintain core infrastructure software that interfaces directly with Tenstorrent hardware. Build low-level libraries and APIs for communication and synchronization across compute nodes. Optimize system-level software for performance, scalability, and reliability in distributed environments. Support hardware

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📍 San Francisco, Canada
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About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last mile logistics in the long term. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! About the Role We are hiring an Autonomy Platform Engineer to build and evolve the foundational software that runs our autonomy stack across robot and compute platforms. The Autonomy Platform team works across embedded Linux, compute and sensor enablement, robotics middleware, process orchestration, data capture and replay, system observability, and performance. You will develop production software and tooling that enables autonomy engineers to bring up new hardware, deploy services reliably, diagnose failures, and validate system performance across robot generations. You will work closely with autonomy, firmware, electrical, hardware, manufacturing, and validation engineers and report to the Autonomy Platform Lead. We expect this role to be hybrid with some time in-office and some time remote. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Build and maintain core runtime, middleware, and platform services used by autonomy applications. Enable new compute, camera, lidar, and other sensor platforms. Improve process orchestration, messaging, configuration, startup and shutdown behavior, resource isolation, and fault recovery. Develop system observability, tracing, performance measurement, diagnostics, and regression-detection capabilities. Build reliable data capture, replay, and debugging workflows. Create provisioning, packaging, deployment, integration-test, and platform-readiness tooling. Lead complex debugging across application, middleware, OS, driver, networking, timing, and hardware boundaries. We’re excited about you because… Strong production C++ and Python experience. Experience with embedded Linux, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or complex mechatronic systems. Solid u

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📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada· Full-time
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Want to work in technology at an investment bank? Graduate training, ongoing support, opportunities at leading global employers – the Alumni graduate program gives you everything you need. (And don’t worry, there’s no training bond. No exit fees, no hidden catches).Here at mthree, we pair great graduates with brilliant global businesses. Our clients include tier one investment banks and other organizations across a range of industries, from insurance to healthcare to travel.This is an exciting opportunity to join an FX Front Office support team in a major North American bank working on the Toronto Trading floor, supporting both front office users and a progressive eFX programme. What you'll do: Support IT solutions for various business lines globally including FX, Money Market, STIR and Options Offer technical expertise and support for the systems used Manage and resolving incidents and outages Manage requests for changes, system releases and capacity planning Disaster recovery, planning and execution How the Alumni program works: Apply via this job advert. Complete our assessment process. Get trained at mthree Academy in an online class for 4-8 weeks with other graduates. Join a mthree client for 12-24 months while receiving support and salary increases every 9 months. The vast majority then convert to permanent employees with the client at the end of the program. What you’ll learn at the mthree Academy: How to discuss production support activity at a high level including ITIL (information technology infrastructure library), monitoring, DevOps, SRE (site reliability engineering), and disaster recovery. How to discuss common financial topics, including financial markets, equity trading, derivatives, currency, treasury, regulation, and risk. How to write a basic computer program in Python, including user input, common data structures, and flow of control. How to use MySQL to perform CRUD (create, read, update and delete) operations on a relational database stored in

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📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada· Full-time
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Want to work in technology at an investment bank? Graduate training, ongoing support, opportunities at leading global employers – the Alumni graduate program gives you everything you need. (And don’t worry, there’s no training bond. No exit fees, no hidden catches).Here at mthree, we pair great graduates with brilliant global businesses. Our clients include tier one investment banks and other organizations across a range of industries, from insurance to healthcare to travel.This is an exciting opportunity to join an FX Front Office support team in a major North American bank working on the Toronto Trading floor, supporting both front office users and a progressive eFX programme. What you'll do: Support IT solutions for various business lines globally including FX, Money Market, STIR and Options Offer technical expertise and support for the systems used Manage and resolving incidents and outages Manage requests for changes, system releases and capacity planning Disaster recovery, planning and execution How the Alumni program works: Apply via this job advert. Complete our assessment process. Get trained at mthree Academy in an online class for 4-8 weeks with other graduates. Join a mthree client for 12-24 months while receiving support and salary increases every 9 months. The vast majority then convert to permanent employees with the client at the end of the program. What you’ll learn at the mthree Academy: How to discuss production support activity at a high level including ITIL (information technology infrastructure library), monitoring, DevOps, SRE (site reliability engineering), and disaster recovery. How to discuss common financial topics, including financial markets, equity trading, derivatives, currency, treasury, regulation, and risk. How to write a basic computer program in Python, including user input, common data structures, and flow of control. How to use MySQL to perform CRUD (create, read, update and delete) operations on a relational database stored in

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
✓ High-confidence listing

$140K – $225K/yr

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Who We Are HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless. We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work. About The Role HP IQ’s Connectivity team is seeking a Software Engineer with deep expertise in device software development. The ideal candidate will bring strong knowledge of connectivity stack and hands-on experience developing, integrating, and optimizing device software to deliver industry-leading user experiences. You will work at the intersection of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and emerging device-to-device transport technologies, tackling complex challenges in performance, reliability, and low-latency communication. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge innovations that are redefining how people and devices seamlessly connect across the modern enterprise. What You Might Do Design, develop, and integrate connectivity software features across Android, Windows, and embedded platforms, including SDKs, frameworks, and system services. Implement, optimize, and tune wireless networking protocols and sensing algorithms with a focus on enterprise-scale architectures and deployments. Design, implement, and troubleshoot peer-to-peer technologies to deliver secure, reliable, and low-latency

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last mile logistics in the long term. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! About the Role We are hiring a Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer for our autonomy software team. This is a critical role to build robust and scalable validation for our firmware and systems to ensure reliability at every level. In this role, you will work with our electrical, firmware, and autonomy engineers to build the infrastructure and test suites required to validate the system. This includes designing and implementing our Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation environments and automation frameworks from the ground up. You will report to the Autonomy Platform Lead on our Autonomy Platform Team at DoorDash Labs. We expect this role to be hybrid with some time in-office and some time remote. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Play an integral role on a small and focused team. Design and build Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems to simulate vehicle dynamics and sensor data for comprehensive firmware and system-level validation. Develop automated test infrastructure and software tools to exercise multiple embedded platforms throughout our robot system. Interface many layers of our control system including vehicle controls, power management, and motion control to ensure seamless system integration. Implement low-level test sequences and validation algorithms to safely stress-test vehicle components such as batteries, drive-train, and thermal management devices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify edge cases and hardware-software corner cases that impact vehicle safety and performance. We’re excited about you because… BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field. 5+ years of experience in validati

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