# Principal Engineer, Embedded, Sensors, and Safety Software at Outrider

- Company: Outrider
- What the company does: Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://www.outrider.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Henderson, CO
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $165K to $190K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/outrider/jobs/5218366008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/outrider-principal-engineer-embedded-sensors-and-safety-software/

## About the role

The Principal Engineer, Embedded, Sensors, and Safety Software will create reliable, safety-critical software that senses, monitors, and controls the vehicle. This role requires exceptional software engineering skills, full development lifecycle knowledge, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in unstructured environments.

## What they're looking for

- Experience developing software test infrastructure for safety-critical systems
- Exceptional system-level perspective, proficient in software, with practical familiarity in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience developing application software in C and Modern C++ for embedded systems
- Experience with test lab equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, data acquisition unit, signal generator…)
- Experience with CAN and networking (UDP, TCP, DHCP, DNS, Wireshark…)

Tags: Software