Embedded Software Engineer

About the role

Aeris Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Project Canary, develops and commercializes advanced, laser-based gas analyzers for trace gas monitoring across environmental, industrial, laboratory, and field applications. Aeris instruments deliver high-precision, real-time measurements of greenhouse gases, atmospheric pollutants, and natural gas leak indicators, helping customers collect reliable data in fixed, mobile, handheld, and aerial configurations.
As part of Project Canary, Aeris supports a broader climate technology platform that helps energy companies improve and report on their emissions footprint. Project Canary combines high-fidelity sensors, data from multiple technologies and sources, and proprietary analytics to deliver actionable insights that help operators stop leaks faster, reduce risk, streamline reporting, and differentiate their operations for key stakeholders.
Aeris’s technology brings lab-grade gas sensing performance into the field, supporting applications in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, air quality, research, and emissions measurement.
The Embedded Software Engineer will be working with the Engineering team at Aeris Technologies, based out of our office in Hayward, CA. They will focus on writing firmware for embedded systems in the electronics of Laser Spectroscopy Sensors. This role will require reading datasheets and schematics to develop communication platforms for new and existing sensors, new board bring up, and various other firmware and embedded systems related tasks.

Firmware design and development of microcontroller-based IOT devices
Help create, maintain, and adhere to company coding standards
Maintain Revision Control
Using AI helpers to improve productivity
Create and maintain design and user documentation
Perform system failure analysis and test on firmware related issues
Support electrical bring-up and debug of prototype hardware
Support manufacturing in automation of configuration and testing
Contribute to continuous process improvements

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field
5+ years of embedded firmware development experience, with focus on computing systems and algorithms
Experience with Linux operating system, C++, and RUST programing
Experience with multiple serial protocols (e.g. UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, USB)
Strong understanding of OOP concepts
Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and protocol decoders
Working knowledge of Python
Familiar with IoT devices using wifi/cellular connectivity for communications
Experience using CI/CD workflows
Experience in using major cloud providers for data storage
Startup experience