Embedded Systems Engineer

• Backed by leading climate and American dynamism investors, Terranova builds intelligent
• robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself - lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting
• critical infrastructure from floods and sea-level rise. Our mission is to preserve the built
• environment, create new habitats, and usher in an era of abundance. Our work supports climate
• resilience, disaster recovery, and defense across the United States and beyond.
• We’re assembling a world-class team that wants to work on something real, physical, and
• civilization-scale. If you want your work to reshape the world (literally), this is the place to do it.

What to Expect

We are looking for a hands-on engineer who can take embedded ideas from schematic to prototype to production. You'll work on low-level firmware for microcontrollers, efficient peripheral interfacing, power-aware circuit design, radio frequency communication, and the software stack and autopilot system that ties it all together; bridging code and hardware to make our systems come alive in the field.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and debug embedded firmware in C/C++ with FreeRTOS for STM32 or similar ARM Cortex-M systems.
• Design and review multilayer mixed-signal schematics / PCBs in Altium Designer.
• Integrate sensors, radios, and power electronics with reliable, low-latency interfaces (I²C, SPI, UART, CAN, SDIO).
• Design and integrate long-range low-power wireless systems (XBee, LoRa) into deployed platforms.
• Build and maintain Yocto Linux images for embedded gateways and edge compute systems.
• Contribute to backend services and tooling in Go and TypeScript, including SQL data layers and Vue/React frontends.
• Deploy and operate cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud and Cloudflare's serverless platform.
• Characterize and optimize power budgets, EMI performance, and manufacturability.
• Bring-up, test, and validate hardware prototypes through DFM/DFT cycles.
• Support system integration and field debugging of deployed robotic platforms.
• Thrive at the pace and intensity of early-stage startup life, including long days, 6-day workweeks, and extended field hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• U.S. permanent residency.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Multilayer mixed-signal PCB design in KiCad or Altium
• ARM microcontroller firmware (STM32/ESP32/RP2040) in C/C++ with FreeRTOS or Zephyr
• RF and long-range low-power wireless systems (XBee, LoRa)
• Yocto or OpenEmbedded Linux build systems
• Go and TypeScript application development
• SQL and relational data modeling
• Vue and/or React frontend development
• Google Cloud and Cloudflare serverless (Workers, Durable Objects, R2)
• Working knowledge of internet fundamentals, including DNS
• SWD/JTAG, logic analyzers (e.g., Saleae), and oscilloscopes
• OTA update systems and bootloaders
• DMA-backed peripheral drivers
• DFM/DFT methodologies

Ideal Archetype

• Has worked on and owned entire large, complex robotic systems: multiple sensors, motors, interfaces, and solid PCB design.
• Has a maker background: loves building things and finds the work genuinely fun. Would like candidates with a portfolio.
• Comes from SpaceX, Zipline, Anduril, or Formlabs. For efficiency, we will not interview candidates from other backgrounds at this time.