# Member of Technical Staff, System Software (Runtime & Firmware) at Unconventional AI

- Company: Unconventional AI
- What the company does: Unconventional AI is rethinking the foundations of compute to bring biology-scale energy efficiency to AI. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://unconv.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA I US Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-13
- Apply: https://unconv.ai/careers/?gh_jid=4424364009&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/unconventional-ai-member-of-technical-staff-system-software-runtime-and-firmware/

## About the role

As a Member of Technical Staff, System Software (Runtime & Firmware), you will be a foundational member of our small, multi-disciplinary R&D team and have the opportunity to shape and build the software stack for an entirely new type of computer. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Education: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Embedded Firmware: Expertise in C/C++ on embedded processors, including interrupts, DMA, memory-mapped register access, and boot and flash paths
- Drivers & Interfaces: Experience developing Linux drivers in kernel or user space, with demonstrated depth in at least one of PCIe, USB, UART, or SPI, and in designing robust protocols over an imperfect physical link
- Software Development: Strong Python engineering alongside your C/C++, and the versioning discipline required when firmware, drivers, and host software each ship independently
- Hardware Debug: Ability to identify, triage, and solve anomalies across silicon, board, firmware, and software, and to correlate measured behavior against simulation models
- Full-stack Communication: Excellent ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse teams across the full stack from algorithms to circuits

Tags: Engineering

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