The Role
Develop firmware for wireless power communication, enhance system performance and flexibility, work collaboratively with the engineering team, advocate for coding practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Reach, we are delivering technologies to enable the long-range, wireless transfer of power. We believe wireless energy can be as liberating for power systems as WiFi was for data systems, and are busy creating the energy infrastructure that will one day replace the aging electrical grid. We have raised funding from top tier VC's, have real world customers deploying our technology, and are continuing to build out the exceptional team that is making our vision a reality.
The Position
In this position, you will be a key part of Reach’s engineering team to develop firmware enabling fast, reliable wireless communication between devices in the wireless power network. You will also conduct research to improve the performance, flexibility, and integrability of Reach’s technology. As part of a small team in a small company, you will have a great deal of agency over your work, plenty of opportunity to discover and solve new challenges, and the ability to make large-impact decisions. It will be critical that you are a creative problem solver with strong curiosity, a passionate, proactive spirit eager to add value before it’s requested or identified by others.
Key Position Responsibilities
- Actively contribute to the firmware team to analyze, design, develop and deploy features to meet business, product, and technical requirements.
- Mentor more junior engineers and be a technical reference for other teams.
- Actively contribute to Reach’s code base by architecting and implementing features with scalability and manufacturability in mind.
- Actively contribute to design and code review within the firmware and software teams.
- Actively contribute to board design, bring up and validation. Be the firmware reference for system design discussions with other engineering teams.
- Collaborate with PM/Mechanical/RF/EE teams to plan the effort and establish timelines for yourself and your team.
- Collaborate with other engineers to perform system bring up, troubleshooting and testing.
- Support certification and regulatory testing. Support field testing.
- Write validation test plans for firmware.
- Identify areas of need: Advocate for good coding practices and contribute to product innovation in hardware and software.
- Document architectures, design and code.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience as a firmware engineer or equivalent.
- Subject matter in C development on embedded platforms.
- Proficient with firmware development in bare-metal or RTOS based systems.
- Proficient with board bring up including schematics reading and PCBs debugging.
- Experience with python, bash and scripting languages.
- Ability to work cross‐functionally.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively complex concepts.
- Results- and deadline- driven.
- Able to work independently with little direction.
- Takes great pride and ownership in developing products.
Nice-To-Haves
- Experience with BLE systems or other wireless transfer technology.
- Experience with Nordic nRF52 development and Zephyr OS.
- Experience mentoring more junior engineers or leading cross team system designs.
- Experience with full development cycles from prototyping to manufacturing.
- Experience with RF applications.
- Experience in software test automation.
- Experience working at a start-up or with a small, intimate team.
Reach - Who We Are
Reach is a pioneer in a new frontier of technology. Born out of MIT, incubated in YC, and developed in an "office space" that was once the oven of a cookie factory, we are a group of curious, passionate, and creative problem solvers, and we approach our work with vigor and humility.
Much has changed since our cookie factory days, but our core philosophies have remained. Decisions are made quickly, meetings and politics are kept to a minimum, and everyone here does high-visibility work that has considerable influence on our product and company. We have weekly team lunches, quarterly offsite company events, and often spend time together outside of work bicycling, rock climbing, playing music, and hosting happy hours.
We highly value diversity at our company - in not only professional capabilities and experience, but also in personal interests, schools of thought, musical tastes, and walks of life. We prioritize inclusivity, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience as a firmware engineer or equivalent
- Subject matter in C development
- Proficient with firmware development in bare-metal or RTOS based systems
- Experience with board bring up including schematics reading and PCBs debugging
- Experience with python and scripting languages
- Have a test-driven, analytical approach to debugging and problem solving
- Proficient communicator and organizational skills
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The Company
What We Do
Reach is the leader in high-performance wireless power-at-a-distance. Reach’s wireless power solution does for power delivery what Wi-Fi does for data connectivity. The Reach system is built on state-of-the-art, patented technology, including high-efficiency power beaming circuits, network optimization algorithms, and adaptive electromagnetic surfaces, delivering a highly scalable, safe, and easy-to-use power platform. Ideally suited for manufacturing, government, energy, logistics, and retail, the Reach solution provides flexible access to power where and when needed, streamlining device deployment and improving device performance.
