Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Embedded roles are less common in SaaS listings, which is precisely why this one stands out. Aeris sits adjacent to the SaaS ecosystem through Project Canary’s climate technology platform, where hardware telemetry and analytics meet productized reporting and operational workflows. The position anchors the data supply chain at the sensor layer, shaping the quality and reliability of measurements that downstream software systems depend on.
For a SaaS-oriented career, this kind of work builds a strong foundation in how real-world signals become trustworthy product inputs. Experience translating datasheets and schematics into robust firmware, bringing up new boards, and building communication interfaces maps well to SaaS problems like observability, data integrity, and end-to-end system reliability. It also develops fluency in cross-domain engineering, a recurring theme in modern SaaS that touches IoT, industrial, or climate data platforms.
This role suits engineers who prefer hands-on systems work and clear technical ownership, particularly those motivated by precision, repeatability, and rigorous debugging. It is a good match for someone who wants their embedded decisions to directly influence higher-level analytics and reporting products, without moving away from core firmware craft.
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Job Description
Aeris Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Project Canary, develops and commercializes advanced, laser-based gas analyzers for trace gas monitoring across environmental, industrial, laboratory, and field applications. Aeris instruments deliver high-precision, real-time measurements of greenhouse gases, atmospheric pollutants, and natural gas leak indicators, helping customers collect reliable data in fixed, mobile, handheld, and aerial configurations.
As part of Project Canary, Aeris supports a broader climate technology platform that helps energy companies improve and report on their emissions footprint. Project Canary combines high-fidelity sensors, data from multiple technologies and sources, and proprietary analytics to deliver actionable insights that help operators stop leaks faster, reduce risk, streamline reporting, and differentiate their operations for key stakeholders.
Aeris’s technology brings lab-grade gas sensing performance into the field, supporting applications in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, air quality, research, and emissions measurement.
The Embedded Software Engineer will be working with the Engineering team at Aeris Technologies, based out of our office in Hayward, CA. They will focus on writing firmware for embedded systems in the electronics of Laser Spectroscopy Sensors. This role will require reading datasheets and schematics to develop communication platforms for new and existing sensors, new board bring up, and various other firmware and embedded systems related tasks.
