Embedded Engineer

About Rekise Marine

Rekise Marine is a startup focused on sustainably enhancing the utility of oceans through autonomous robotic infrastructure. Our efforts center on developing advanced autonomous technology for the maritime industry, serving both defense and commercial sectors globally. We specialize in creating autonomous vessels both surface and underwater,as well as autonomous port infrastructure. Currently, we are building the flagship autonomous platform of the Indian Navy.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Embedded Software Engineer to lead the development and deployment of embedded systems for our next-generation marine robotics platforms. This role involves working at the intersection of hardware and software to deliver robust, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems that can operate autonomously for extended durations in harsh marine conditions.

You will be responsible for architecting embedded solutions across platforms like NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi, and microcontroller-based systems. You will lead the integration of subsystems such as power management, sensor networks, motor control, and environmental monitoring into cohesive embedded systems.

Key Responsibilities 

System Architecture & Development

• Design, implement, and optimize embedded software solutions across Jetson, Raspberry Pi, and MCU-based platforms
• Develop and maintain hardware abstraction layers, device drivers, and system integration code
• Lead the integration of subsystems including BMS, motor controllers, leak detection, and power distribution into embedded frameworks

Hardware-Software Integration

• Interface with various sensors (IMUs, cameras, environmental sensors) and actuators using SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, and GPIO
• Collaborate with electronics and mechanical teams to align design specifications with real-world constraints
• Evaluate and select suitable embedded hardware components for marine-grade applications

Debugging, Testing, and Optimization

• Lead debugging and validation of embedded systems in lab and field conditions
• Develop automated test setups and documentation for embedded codebases
• Optimize for power, memory, and real-time performance, especially in resource-constrained environments

Team Leadership and Project Contribution

• Mentor junior engineers in embedded systems development and best practices
• Contribute to architecture decisions and code reviews
• Ensure compliance with system reliability, safety, and documentation standards for field-deployable systems

Required Skills & Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field

Experience

• 4+ years of experience in embedded systems development, with at least 2+ years in lead or architect roles
• Hands-on experience developing on both Linux-based systems (Jetson, Pi) and MCUs (ARM, STM32, etc.)
• Proven success in taking embedded systems from prototyping to production-level deployment

Technical Proficiency

• Strong in C++ programming with low-level hardware interface experience
• Familiar with RTOS concepts and embedded Linux development
• Proficient with debugging tools, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and hardware bring-up
• Familiar with EDA tools like KiCad or Eagle
• Experience with ROS or ROS2 is a plus

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

• A chance to be part of a leading marine robotics startup in India.
• Competitive salary.
• Flexible and innovative work environment promoting collaboration.
• A role where your contributions make a real difference and drive impact.
• Opportunities for travel in relation to customer interactions and field testing

WheelsEye is India's leading SAAS-based platform in formulating the next tech-enabled logistics revolution. We offer technology that connects truck fleet owners & SMEs and helps them to automate operations, secure fleets, save costs, improve on-time performance, and streamline their business.

We have a young and energetic team of IITs, NITs, IIMs & top B-Schools employees serving PAN India. We go to great lengths to hire the best talent who are deeply aligned with our values.

We at WheelsEye, believe in fostering a sense of intrapreneurship, promoting team bonding, and creating a positive and friendly work culture where you will feel valued and motivated to do the best work.

Role:- Senior Firmware Developer

Requirements

Core skills: 

• Proficiency in programming, specifically Embedded C and C++
• Understanding of Hardware components (Sensors, MCUs, Actuators, Antenna)

Core Experience

• Over 4 years of hands-on experience in Embedded Systems
• Prior experience in building IOT Gateway
• Previous experience in designing FOTA
• Previous experience in the telematics/DMS would be advantageous
• Teamwork

Job Description

Embedded Software/Firmware Design and Development on OS/Non-OS based platform

Necessary system architecture development and implementation

Device, sensor and gateway selection and integration based on industry use case.

Development on Image Analytics and Cloud/Platform integration

Development or integration of Cloud/Platform communication protocol

Technical Documentation and Testing of the developed system

Desired Skills, Knowledge& Experience

B. Tech/M. Tech/MCA with 8-10 years of industry experience

Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python development in Linux

Experience in device or sensor communication interfaces (wired/wireless, short range/long range).

Experience of microcontroller and microprocessor.

Knowledge of IoT gateway firmware development, container, and OS hardening.

Experience in device communication protocol, Edge computing and processing

Competent in application development for Image processing, transmission, and storage

Good understanding and of programming primitives, data structures, multi-threading and memory management techniques

Strong command over complex sensor and hardware control logic to work seamlessly with edge devices or gateway

Proactive and Self motivated

Strong verbal and written communication skill

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with 1-3 years of relevant experience.
• Highly experienced in Embedded C, C++ coding as per MISRA standards
• Experience in firmware programming for 8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit controllers.
• Knowledgeable in Linker Scripts, Make files & firmware debugging using JTAG or on the UART console. 
• Experienced in Communication peripherals like SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, etc.
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• Ideation, designing, prototyping, and developing as per product requirements.

• Expertise in system architecture and design for Embedded software systems.
• Develop modular Embedded Code to port into different projects.
• Experience on Real Time Systems and Scheduling mechanisms
• Development experience in "middleware" / “application” / Low layer.
• Experience with developing embedded code for networking technologies like TCP/IP and UDP would be a plus.
• Document state machine diagrams, flow charts to understand the system architecture
• Working closely with Design teams to understand Hardware Implementation.
• Develop Test methods, in some cases automated test cases to test the firmware code and support hardware engineers.
• Use Debuggers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and other necessary electrical tools to debug the code for problem-solving.
• Excellent reading skills for complete understanding of technical documents such as Processor Architecture Specifications and MCU hardware manuals, schematics etc.
• Ability to generate ideas in response to complex issues and execute on solutions.
• Python programming is a big plus.