Staff Embedded Systems Engineer

Torus is a pioneering company in the energy sector, focused on building resilient and sustainable power infrastructure. They are seeking a Staff Embedded Systems Engineer to lead firmware development for energy storage solutions, collaborating closely with a team to ensure high-quality integration and performance across their systems.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting and mentoring a small team of firmware engineers—ensuring technical direction matches the architectural intent, reviewing designs, and building a culture of responsiveness and collaboration
• Developing firmware features across our energy storage product lines: telemetry, control loops, cloud connectivity, and hardware abstraction layers
• Owning system integration—working closely with hardware, data, and software teams to ensure seamless interoperability across the full stack
• Driving quality through design reviews, automated testing, and documentation. (We believe engineers own their own QA.)
• Debugging and optimizing real-time embedded applications and serial communication interfaces in the field and in the lab
• Supporting scaling operations—deployment tooling, remote monitoring, and root-cause analysis of field issues across a growing fleet
• Participate in on-call rotation for escalated technical issues

Requirements:

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing commercial embedded software or firmware applications
• Strong Python proficiency and real production experience running Python on Embedded Linux (Yocto or similar)
• Solid understanding of serial communication protocols—RS-485, Modbus, I²C, CAN, Ethernet
• Experience with real-time embedded systems: multi-threading, inter-process communication, timing constraints
• Ability to read schematics and PCB layouts to troubleshoot hardware integration issues
• Proven track record leading or mentoring engineers on technical projects
• Experience with IoT device management at scale (fleet OTA, remote diagnostics)
• Familiarity with AWS IoT, MQTT, or data telemetry pipelines
• Exposure to energy storage systems, inverters, or grid-connected hardware
• Knowledge of VPP programs, demand response, or utility interconnection standards (IEEE 1547, UL 1741)
• Experience with containerized embedded deployments (Docker/Balena on Linux targets)
• CI/CD practices in embedded or hardware-adjacent environments