Freelance Embedded Systems Engineer Jobs in Georgia

Overview

Stryten Energy is expanding its advanced solutions and seeking experienced Firmware Engineers to design, improve, and validate embedded software across our CANOPEN stack as well as be the liaison between Software Engineering and System's Engineering in BESS and Industrial applications. You will develop new IoT features, enhance existing firmware, and build simulators and tooling to accelerate development and verification. This role collaborates closely with electrical, systems, test, and product teams and contributes to high-quality engineering documentation and release readiness.

This position requires on-site daily work in our Alpharetta office. 

Responsibilities

What you'll do

• Firmware design and development
  • Design, implement, and optimize embedded firmware for CANOPEN-based platforms in C
  • Contribute to middleware, drivers, communication stacks, bootloaders, diagnostics, and safety features
  • Extend and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and hardware-in-the-loop tests
  • Design and develop embedded firmware for IoT devices
  • Integrate hardware with IoT communication protocols and cloud services
  • Optimize power consumption and data transmission for network efficiency
  • Collaborate with hardware, software, and network teams to ensure interoperability
  • Maintain and update firmware for security and performance improvements
  • Document design specifications, test results, and deployment procedures
• Feature delivery and quality
  • Requirement refinement to release implementation, code reviews, verification, and documentation
  • Debug complex issues across firmware, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and power-management domains
  • Support the product roadmap for LTE CAT 1, LTE-M, Cat-1 Bis, CAT 4, NB-IoT
  • Support the product roadmap for BLE, RFCOMM, WiFi
  • Support the roadmap for location technologies like GNSS, WiFiSCAN
• Simulation and tools
  • Build and maintain simulators, emulators, and test harnesses in C#, Python, and C to accelerate development
  • Create protocol simulators and hardware abstraction layers for off-target testing
• Documentation and process
  • Produce clear programming documentation, API references, and design specs
  • Contribute to configuration management, release notes, and firmware change control
  • Collaborate with systems engineering on requirements, traceability, and verification evidence

Additional responsibilities as neededto support the team and company goals. 

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 4+ years of hands-on embedded firmware development in C for resource-constrained MCUs
• Fluency in C and strong competence in Python; ability to work comfortably with both
• Experience with the CANOPEN software stack or similar embedded platform stacks
• Solid understanding of real-time embedded concepts: ISRs, peripherals, DMA, timers, RTOS tasks/queues, power states
• Proficiency with common embedded interfaces and tooling:
  • CAN, SPI, I2C, UART; oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, in-circuit debuggers
  • Build systems, cross-compilers, and linkers; version control with Git
• Experience working with Wireless communications
• Demonstrated experience writing high-quality engineering documentation
• Strong debugging skills, root-cause analysis, and methodical problem solving
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate clearly

Nice to have

• C# experience for simulator UI/tools; .NET or WPF/WinUI
• RTOS experience (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX) and low-level driver development
• Safety, diagnostics, and calibration frameworks; functional safety awareness
• IoT experience with WiFi, BLE and Cellular Devices.
• Experience with battery systems, BMS, or power electronics environments
• Front and Backend development.

Personal attributes

• Self-directed, proactive, and organized; strong ownership and follow-through
• Clear, concise communicator with excellent collaboration skills
• Detail-oriented with a high bar for code quality, testability, and documentation
• Practical, systems-thinking mindset; comfortable working from lab bench to release

What you'll impact

• Deliver robust firmware and tools that power reliable energy storage systems used in demanding industrial applications
• Accelerate development velocity through high-fidelity simulators and automated test infrastructure
• Improve system safety, performance, and serviceability with clear diagnostics and documentation

Travel requirements

• As needed to development sites and IoT asset's location (~10%)

Other:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future

EEO Statement

Stryten Energy is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

About StatementStryten Energy helps solve the world's most pressing energy challenges with a broad range of energy storage solutions across the Essential Power, Motive Power, Transportation, Military and Government sectors. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we partner with some of the world's most recognized companies to meet the growing demand for reliable and sustainable energy storage capacity. Stryten powers everything from submarines to subcompacts, microgrids, warehouses, distribution centers, cars, trains and trucks. Our stored energy technologies include advanced lead, lithium and vanadium redox flow batteries, intelligent chargers and energy performance management software that keep people on the move and supply chains running. An industry leader backed by more than a century of expertise, Stryten has The Energy to Challenge the status quo and deliver top-performing energy solutions for today and tomorrow. Learn more at stryten.com.Employment Type: FULL_TIME