Embedded Engineer (BSP), Staff

9 Mothers Defense develops AI-enabled systems to counter unmanned aerial threats. Our first product, EDDA, is an autonomous counter-sUAS point-defense platform designed to detect, track, and neutralize Group 1 drone threats. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

9 Mothers is seeking a Lead Embedded Engineer (BSP) to own the Board Support Package and embedded platform underlying our counter-sUAS systems. The Lead Embedded Engineer is responsible for board bring-up, Linux platform development, device driver engineering, and the operating system framework upon which our perception, controls, and autonomy software operate. This is a senior individual contributor position.

• Lead end-to-end bring-up of new board revisions, including bootloader, kernel, device tree, and peripheral driver development.

• Own the Linux platform image that ships on production systems, including kernel configuration, patching, and long-term maintenance.

• Design and maintain the operating system framework supporting application software, including process supervision, inter-process communication, logging, configuration management, and update and rollback infrastructure.

• Develop and maintain device drivers for cameras, inertial measurement units, motor controllers, and custom hardware peripherals.

• Establish and operate the build, signing, and provisioning pipeline for production deployment.

• Diagnose and resolve complex issues spanning the hardware, kernel, and userspace boundary.

• Define standards and best practices for embedded software development, testing, and deployment.

• 6+ years of professional experience developing and shipping production embedded Linux systems.

• Expert proficiency in C and Linux kernel development, including driver development, device tree, and kernel internals.

• Demonstrated experience leading full board bring-up from schematic review through production-ready peripheral drivers.

• Strong systems programming experience in Rust or C++.

• U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a background check.

• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms (Orin, JetPack).

• Yocto Project and meta-layer development experience.

• Prior experience establishing BSP practices at an early-stage or small-team hardware company.

• Active security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one.

• Prior experience in defense or other safety-critical applications.

• A passion for building robots or engineering projects as a hobby.

1. Application screen phone call (30 min)

2. Live coding test with the Director of Engineering (45 min via MS Teams)

3. Paid take-home consulting agreement ($500, ~4-8 hours)

4. Onsite interview in Austin

5. Offer

9 Mothers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

This position may require access to information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). U.S. citizenship is required.