<h3>About Mainspring</h3><p>Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.mainspringenergy.com/company"><span style="color:#3598db;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">core values</span></span></a> that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:</p><ul><li>Pragmatic Optimism</li><li>Excellence without Ego</li><li>Proactive Collaboration</li></ul><br><br><h3>Job Overview</h3><ul><div><p>Mainspring Energy’s revolutionary linear generator is a sophisticated robot. Inside the generator is a network of computers combining embedded Linux and real-time bare metal applications. These orchestrate the critical tasks of shaping control signals and collecting data from a wide variety of sensors which make this technology possible. Our embedded platform is rapidly evolving, and we need great software developers to make it happen. If you love building systems, getting hands on hardware and just making everything work, then we need you!</p></div></ul><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><div><p>This is a software engineering role with emphasis on embedded systems and their associated tools.</p><p>As a developer on the team you will contribute to:</p><li><p><strong>Firmware &amp; Software Development:</strong> Design, write, and maintain high-quality, production-ready C++ code for diverse hardware architectures, including both embedded Linux platforms and bare metal/RTOS environments</p></li><li><p><strong>Python Tooling &amp; Automation:</strong> Develop custom Python applications, CLI utilities, and automated scripts that interface directly with embedded devices (via Serial, USB, CAN, or Ethernet) for hardware bring-up, configuration, data logging, and manufacturing tests</p></li><li><p><strong>Diagnostic &amp; HMI Interfaces:</strong> Architect and implement standards-based communication interfaces (e.g. standard APIs, Modbus, MQTT, or industry-specific protocols) that expose telemetry, system states, and error logs directly to technician HMIs</p></li><li><p><strong>System Robustness for Repair:</strong> Develop advanced self-diagnostic routines, non-volatile fault logging, and state-reporting mechanisms that provide clear, actionable data to field service technicians to streamline hardware troubleshooting and repair</p></li></div></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><div><p>You have:</p><li><p><strong>Experience:</strong> 3+ years embedded software development experience (real-time a plus)</p></li><li><p><strong>Languages:</strong> C/C++ and Python</p></li><li><p><strong>Debugging Skills:</strong> Strong ability to debug complex systemic issues across the hardware/software boundary using logic analyzers, multimeters, and physical debuggers</p></li><li><p><strong>Education:</strong> Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience</p></li></div></ul><br><p>Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.</p><p>In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.</p><p>This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.</p>

<p class="text-steel f-b1 md-max:mb-d">At Mainspring we believe the fastest path to the net-zero carbon grid is vastly increasing the amount of solar and wind power while building a supporting clean energy system that ensures affordability and multi-day, cross-season resilience. Getting there requires flexible, scalable, local technologies that can adapt to the shifting grid landscape &ndash; including the transition from natural gas to renewable fuels like biogas, green ammonia, and green hydrogen.</p>
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<p class="text-steel f-b1">The Mainspring Linear Generator delivers an unmatched level of flexibility for the transition ahead. It&rsquo;s local so you can site where power is needed, it&rsquo;s dispatchable so you can ramp up and down to complement renewables, and it&rsquo;s fuel-flexible so you can operate on the cleanest fuels available today and in the future. Our products are already at work at Fortune 500 customer sites, accelerating the arrival of the net-zero carbon grid.</p>
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Embedded Software Engineer

<h3>About Mainspring</h3><p>Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.mainspringenergy.com/company"><span><span>core values</span></span></a> that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:</p><ul><li>Pragmatic Optimism</li><li>Excellence without Ego</li><li>Proactive Collaboration</li></ul><br /><br /><h3>Job Overview</h3><ul><div><p>Mainspring Energy’s revolutionary linear generator is a sophisticated robot. Inside the generator is a network of computers combining embedded Linux and real-time bare metal applications. These orchestrate the critical tasks of shaping control signals and collecting data from a wide variety of sensors which make this technology possible. Our embedded platform is rapidly evolving, and we need great software developers to make it happen. If you love building systems, getting hands on hardware and just making everything work, then we need you!</p></div></ul><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><div><p>This is a software engineering role with emphasis on embedded systems and their associated tools.</p><p>As a developer on the team you will contribute to:</p><li><p><strong>Firmware &amp; Software Development:</strong> Design, write, and maintain high-quality, production-ready C++ code for diverse hardware architectures, including both embedded Linux platforms and bare metal/RTOS environments</p></li><li><p><strong>Python Tooling &amp; Automation:</strong> Develop custom Python applications, CLI utilities, and automated scripts that interface directly with embedded devices (via Serial, USB, CAN, or Ethernet) for hardware bring-up, configuration, data logging, and manufacturing tests</p></li><li><p><strong>Diagnostic &amp; HMI Interfaces:</strong> Architect and implement standards-based communication interfaces (e.g. standard APIs, Modbus, MQTT, or industry-specific protocols) that expose telemetry, system states, and error logs directly to technician HMIs</p></li><li><p><strong>System Robustness for Repair:</strong> Develop advanced self-diagnostic routines, non-volatile fault logging, and state-reporting mechanisms that provide clear, actionable data to field service technicians to streamline hardware troubleshooting and repair</p></li></div></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><div><p>You have:</p><li><p><strong>Experience:</strong> 3+ years embedded software development experience (real-time a plus)</p></li><li><p><strong>Languages:</strong> C/C++ and Python</p></li><li><p><strong>Debugging Skills:</strong> Strong ability to debug complex systemic issues across the hardware/software boundary using logic analyzers, multimeters, and physical debuggers</p></li><li><p><strong>Education:</strong> Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience</p></li></div></ul><br /><p>Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.</p><p>In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.</p><p>This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.</p>

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