Embedded Systems Engineer, Quantum Energy Systems

Pronoia Energy is a pioneering deep tech startup at the forefront of quantum energy storage innovation. As a lean, mission-driven team, we thrive on rapid prototyping, cross-disciplinary collaboration and solving complex engineering challenges to turn quantum physics into practical, scalable products. Our current focus is on developing our groundbreaking room-temperature macroscopic quantum energy storage technology that promises orders of magnitude greater energy density, faster charging, and higher power delivery as well as being cheaper and safer compared to existing battery technology. This represents a paradigm shift in energy storage with applications spanning consumer electronics, electric vehicles, renewable grids, and beyond.

To meet our ambitious goals we are hiring an Embedded Systems Engineer to write the low-level software that runs directly on our hardware and makes our experiments and our product do exactly the right thing, every time. This is a hands-on role in a high-stakes, high-reward startup environment where reliability is not optional. In this role you will develop the firmware that controls sensors, measurement, actuation, and safety in real time. Because a battery safety cutoff cannot be a little late, you will work within strict, guaranteed timing limits, building the control and safety logic that keeps energetic hardware behaving predictably. You will partner closely with our electrical engineer on board bring-up and with the science team on instrumenting experiments, turning our experimental rigs and the product's own control electronics into dependable systems. This role is onsite in Torrance, California.