Senior Applications Engineer, Embedded & Controls
Osmosis is focused on creating a better boating experience by bringing customer, dealer, and manufacturer together under a platform with custom branding and a robust legal and privacy framework.
JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Applications Engineer, Embedded & Controls will lead advanced application development across embedded systems, the edge-to-cloud telemetry pipeline, and on-board control architectures for Osmosis, a subsidiary of Starflite Technology Group. This is a senior individual-contributor role with growing technical leadership scope, sitting at the intersection of device firmware, cloud-bound telemetry, and the next generation of marine vessel control systems.
The role owns the embedded software stack that powers Osmosis telematics devices and operates the end-to-end telemetry pipeline that moves data from on-board controllers to the cloud and on to consumer applications. The role also leads discovery and prototyping work into advanced control systems — vision and camera-based sensing, next-generation HMIs, intelligent circuit control, and digital switching architectures — that will shape the future of Osmosis on-board products.
This position involves direct interaction with OEM customers and senior company executives. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, a self-starter, punctual, responsive, highly collaborative, and possesses a diligent work ethic and a strong focus on high system reliability.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Embedded Software & Device Engineering
• Embedded Ownership: Lead embedded software development for Osmosis telematics devices and on-board controllers, ensuring robust, production-quality firmware across the device fleet.
• Embedded Software Library: Develop and maintain a comprehensive library of embedded software projects and reusable modules for device applications across the product line.
• Over-the-Air Updates: Develop and maintain embedded software that enables over-the-air (OTA) update capabilities fleet-wide for on-board controllers (HMI, ECM, PDM, VCU, etc.) using both standard and proprietary communication protocols.
• Field Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot and resolve edge cases of device performance in the field, ensuring optimal functionality and customer satisfaction.
Edge-to-Cloud Telemetry Pipeline
• Pipeline Ownership: Own the end-to-end telemetry pipeline — from edge collection on the device through MQTT, bridge services, Kafka, and related modules, to consumer applications — running on Azure infrastructure.
• Operational Leadership: Act as first line of defense for telemetry systems, cloud VMs, and interfaces; independently monitor, triage, and resolve production issues.
• Reliability Practices: Establish and continuously improve operational and monitoring practices for the telemetry platform, including alerting, observability, runbooks, and incident response.
• Scaling: Optimize and scale the telemetry platform for performance, throughput, and reliability as device fleet and customer base grow.
• Insight to Action: Use telemetry insights to drive product and customer improvements, partnering with embedded, backend, cloud, and product teams.
Advanced Controls Discovery
• Vision & Camera Systems: Lead exploration and prototyping of vision and camera-based sensing systems for marine applications, including selection of cameras, embedded vision processors, and supporting software stacks.
• Next-Gen HMI: Drive discovery of next-generation Human-Machine Interface concepts — display technologies, touch and multi-modal input, on-water UX patterns — in partnership with product and design.
• Circuit Control & Digital Switching: Investigate and prototype intelligent circuit control and digital switching architectures that can replace or augment legacy wiring and power distribution approaches on the vessel.
• Technology Scouting: Evaluate emerging components, vendors, reference designs, and open standards; build the technical case and prototype evidence to support future product investment.
Cross-Functional & OEM Collaboration
• Cross-Functional Development: Work with groups outside of Osmosis to define and develop on-board boat systems software, including HMI, power distribution, and control systems.
• Marine Electric Drive Systems: Foster and maintain strong connections with other Correct Craft groups on the design, development, diagnostics, and optimization of marine electric drive systems and associated control logic.
• OEM Customer Success: Ensure customer success during onboarding and production operations of OEM customers; gather feedback to enhance Osmosis products.
• Feature Alignment & Rollout: Align internal device, development, and business teams on new feature implementation; collaborate with senior staff on planning, testing, and production rollout on schedule.
Production Operations & Documentation
• Production Operations: Perform, enhance, and streamline device provisioning and lifecycle operations to improve efficiency and reliability at scale.
• Technical Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation and training materials for the development team, OEMs, dealers, technicians, and end consumers.
• Product Planning & Prototyping: Work closely with the Osmosis team on product planning, prototyping, and implementation, ensuring seamless transitions from concept to production.