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Embedded Software Engineer

Reliable Robotics

Company websitereliable.co (Reliable Robotics, opens in new tab)

Base salary $145K  to $175K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Mountain View, CA

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  • LocationMountain View, CA
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As an Embedded Software Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Embedded Systems team developing the low-level software and firmware at the heart of the Reliable Robotics autonomy stack. We provide dependable computing, networking, signal acquisition, and motor control solutions that bring our aircraft to life. Your contributions will directly enable key equipment and aircraft product demonstrations, unlock the development of higher-level capabilities, and set the stage for product certification & delivery to market.

Responsibilities

  • Develop C/C++ flight software requirements, design, code, unit tests, and requirements-based test cases in accordance with DO-178C software development procedures

  • Focus areas include bare-metal operating system and hardware initialization, networking, protocol drivers, and memory interfaces

  • Develop Python-based software integration test cases

  • Develop and maintain Continuous Integration infrastructure for automating software integration, build, testing, and deployment

Basic Success Criteria

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

  • 1+ years of professional experience developing C or C++

  • Professional experience developing software for embedded, high-performance, or safety-critical applications

Preferred Criteria

  • Thorough understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and networking

  • Experience working in a DO-178 software development environment

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Comfortable with a fast-paced, agile/iterative development life cycle

Embedded software engineers at Reliable Robotics have a unique opportunity to develop an end-to-end product from bare metal up to the aircraft level, with a direct impact on aircraft capabilities. We are a fast-paced team that gets results, and with your experience, motivation, skills, and enthusiasm, you'll help the team accomplish amazing things.

Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]

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Pay in context

This role's base floor ($145,000) is above 21% of the 4,208 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 35 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,550; the middle half runs from $149,365 to $204,000.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 5, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Reliable Robotics roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Reliable Robotics roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Embedded Software Engineer (this listing)$145K - $175K
FPGA Design Engineer, Radar$145K - $165K
Sr. Electrical New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer$140K - $205K
Sr. RF Test Engineer$140K - $225K
Embedded Software Engineer, Radar$155K - $215K
Flight Software Engineer$155K - $215K
Flight Navigation Engineer$155K - $215K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Reliable Robotics roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

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  2. Began meeting the published-salary criteria
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-22
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Location as the employer wrote it: Mountain View, CA

USD 145,000 – 175,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary

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