Embedded Firmware Engineer at Vatn Systems
Bristol, RI
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Aug 5, 2026
Bristol, RI
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a hands-on embedded firmware role at a startup building autonomous underwater vehicles, requiring close-to-the-metal work on bare-metal and RTOS firmware for STM32 microcontrollers. Day-to-day responsibilities include board bring-up, device driver development, hardware communication protocol implementation, and real-time control and telemetry. The role suits an engineer comfortable at the hardware/software boundary who can also support field debugging and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Mid level · 3+ years · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5 people in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2–8
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $133,564 (middle half $104,192–$163,048).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 6, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting requires US Citizenship or Permanent Residency and the 'ability to gain a security clearance' — this is framed as a future capability, not a current active clearance gate, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
The degree requirement lists CS, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering 'or a closely related technical field' — treated as a hard Bachelor's-level gate since it appears under Required Qualifications with no equivalent-experience escape clause.
Experience with digital signal processing and maritime/subsea sensors appear under Nice-to-Haves but name no specific tool or product, so they are omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
Functional safety / safety-critical software development practices also appear under Nice-to-Haves but name no specific tool or standard (e.g., IEC 61508), so omitted.
STM32CubeMX and HAL/LL drivers are mentioned as examples of STM32 experience; captured under the single 'STM32' skill rather than as separate entries since they are sub-tools of the same platform.
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