Head of Firmware owns all firmware running on Base batteries, from the BMS MCU through edge gateways to the cloud telemetry pipeline. The role sets platform choices (RTOS vs. embedded Linux, CI, HIL, OTA, security), writes and reviews code, and hires and leads the firmware team. It reports to the Head of Software and works with hardware, power electronics, and energy-markets teams.
Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.
We're hiring a Head of Firmware to own every line of code that runs on a Base battery. You'll design and build firmware systems and set the direction for the team that delivers it.
You'll design the platform, hire the team, and ship the firmware. If you'd rather review RFCs than write them, this isn't the role. If you'd rather only write code, this also isn't the role. This is for someone who wants to do both, and build an organization while they do it.
You'll report to the Head of Software and work most closely with the hardware, power electronics, and energy-markets teams.
What You'll Do
Set the technical direction
Own the systems that run the fleet
Build the team
What You'll Bring
Preferred Skills
About the Team
America's power grid is failing—electricity costs have risen even as generation gets cheaper, and blackouts are becoming more common. We're building the software that fixes it. Our team owns the entire stack: firmware that controls batteries in thousands of homes, trading algorithms that buy and sell power in real-time markets, distributed commanding systems that orchestrate a growing fleet as a single grid asset, factory software for our Austin manufacturing line, and the product experience that makes it all invisible to homeowners. If you want to write code that physically moves electrons, ships hardware, and reshapes critical infrastructure, this is the job.
Please note: Base is a startup, which means priorities shift and evolve quickly. Your role may expand or change based on the needs of the business at any given time, so the responsibilities listed may not be exhaustive.
