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Embedded Software Engineer

Glydways
San Francisco-Bay Area, USAfull_timePosted 11 Feb 2026

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who we are:</strong></p> <p>Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.</p> <p>Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.</p> <p>The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.</p> <p>With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.</p></div><p><strong>Meet the team:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Embedded team, works closely with Vehicle Hardware, Autonomy, and Infrastructure engineers to go the last mile in getting software running on the vehicle.  Whether it’s making sure data is flowing from the latest sensor kit, or custom firmware is written and loaded onto main compute - the Embedded Software team gets to play with all the cool new toys, and impact the entire org while working with engineers from almost every team.</span></p> <p><strong>Roles & Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Design, prototype, build, and test production embedded vehicle firmware.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evaluate, implement, test, and optimize applications in a real-time operating system environment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working with algorithms teams to take advantage of unique hardware acceleration opportunities.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evaluate, design, and implement both existing and custom communication protocols between devices and between compute modules.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Work with autonomy, hardware engineers, and software throughout the lifecycle of the vehicle - from device bring-up, to software deploy.</span></li> <li style="font-weig

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