Embedded Software Engineer - Battery Management
Delart
About the role
About the job
Delart is home to a team of world-class engineers and project leaders dedicated to developing the next generation of advanced networking technologies, consumer devices, and innovative technology solutions. Trusted by some of the world’s leading technology companies, we deliver highly scalable, mission-critical solutions that power both consumer and business applications globally. Since our founding in 2017, we have been at the forefront of designing cutting-edge networking, telecommunications, and consumer products, while driving end-to-end project execution and creating transformative technology applications.
Overview
Join our team developing the embedded software that powers next-generation wearable devices, focusing on battery management and power systems. You will architect and deliver firmware that interacts directly with battery hardware, ensuring reliable, efficient, and safe device operation for millions of users.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain battery and power-management firmware for resource-constrained microcontrollers, including fuel-gauge drivers, charge control, and thermal mitigation.
Integrate and validate fuel gauges and charger ICs at the register level: configuring NVM, setting protection thresholds, implementing JEITA profiles, and supporting capacity-learning features.
Develop the device-side telemetry stack for battery data, ensuring signals are validated end-to-end against hardware ground truth and actionable for field diagnostics.
Diagnose and root-cause complex field and laboratory failures that cross hardware/software boundaries, distinguishing root triggers whether in firmware, silicon, or power management peripherals.
Collaborate with electrical engineering, cell suppliers, hardware validation, and product teams, translating between component specifications and observed fleet behaviors.
Drive firmware correctness and reliability, particularly in safety-critical decisions like charge termination and power-off thresholds.
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of experience developing production-grade embedded C for microcontrollers.
Direct experience with embedded RTOS environments (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or similar) and bare-metal firmware bring-up.
Demonstrated skill developing I2C and SPI peripheral drivers, with hands-on debugging using logic or protocol analyzers.
Experience integrating and debugging Linux kernel drivers, especially within the power supply subsystem.
Proficient in reading datasheets and implementing register-level and bitfield logic, including management of errata.
Proven ability to debug on real hardware using JTAG/SWD, serial consoles, and bench instrumentation (e.g., power analyzers, SMUs, thermal chambers).
Python proficiency for test automation, device log parsing, and field data analysis.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience with battery management technologies: fuel gauges, coulomb counting, OCV/impedance-based SoC estimation, charger ICs, JEITA charging, battery NVM configuration, and protection circuits.
In-depth knowledge of lithium-ion cell behavior, including aging, temperature effects, and failure mechanisms to inform conversations with suppliers and engineering peers.
Experience analyzing data at fleet scale with SQL or equivalent analytics tools, with a bias toward validating fixes against real-world field data.
Ownership of hardware components across consumer product lifecycles, including EVT, DVT, PVT, and factory bring-up, with active involvement in failure-analysis loops.
Track record of responding to production incidents for shipped hardware in the field.
CA Base Pay
$130,000—$170,000 USD
Benefits
Delart provides competitive benefits and compensation across all regions where we operate. In the United States, our benefits package includes premium PPO and HMO medical insurance, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts (FSA), life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, a company-matched 401(k) plan, and a generous paid time off policy.
Join us in shaping the future of technology. Apply today!
Delart is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace for all employees. We strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain embedded battery and power-management firmware for microcontrollers.
- Integrate and validate fuel gauges and charger ICs, including register-level configuration and charging profiles.
- Build battery telemetry for hardware-grounded validation and field diagnostics.
- Root-cause hardware and software failures in laboratory and field settings.
- Collaborate with electrical engineering, suppliers, validation, and product teams.
- Ensure firmware reliability for safety-critical charging and power decisions.
Qualifications
- 5+ years developing production-grade embedded C for microcontrollers.
- Experience with embedded RTOS environments and bare-metal firmware bring-up.
- Experience developing I2C and SPI drivers and debugging with logic or protocol analyzers.
- Experience integrating and debugging Linux kernel drivers, particularly in the power supply subsystem.
- Proficiency reading datasheets and implementing register-level and bitfield logic.
- Hands-on hardware debugging with JTAG/SWD, serial consoles, and bench instrumentation.
- Python proficiency for test automation, log parsing, and field data analysis.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Premium PPO and HMO medical insurance
- Dental and vision coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Company-matched 401(k)
- Paid time off
Skills mentioned
About Delart
Since our start in 2017, our team of world-class system and software engineers have participated in designing some of the most advanced telecommunication and consumer products in the world, and have developed these products with the focus and agility of a startup. We provide a range of research, development, and engineering services, including systems engineering, hardware and software, and developing networking and wireless communications standards. Some of the biggest tech companies entrust us with embedding these technologies into their next generation of products: Technologies - All generations of Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) in all frequency bands (2.4, 5, 6 and 60 GHz) - Ultra-Wideband (IEEE 802.15.4z and WiMedia standards) - Cellular technologies (4G/5G covering UE, RAN, Core) - Millimeter-wave systems Engineering - Wireless systems architecture and design - Standards and Intellectual Property development - Hardware design and prototyping - Embedded software development - Application-level programming - Systems testing and automation Applications - Wireless connectivity solutions for augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and other wearable products - Fixed wireless access and backhaul, including millimeter-wave solutions - Next-generation cellular infra for 4G/5G based on Open-RAN