PrincipalFirmwareEngineer/TeamLead

PRINCIPAL EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ENGINEER Catapult is building the future of sports performance technology, with a mission to Unleash the Potential of every athlete and team on earth. We don't just work in the sporting industry; we are actively changing it. Since 2006, our solutions have been leading the way in sports performance software, science, and data, in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing. We work with over 5,000+ teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimize athletes’ health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics. Catapult is a sports technology company that empowers professional teams to make data-driven decisions. We deliver health, performance, video, and AI insights from the locker room to competitive environments, ensuring every decision is an opportunity to gain an advantage, sharpen performance, and build lasting success. WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOLVING HARD PROBLEMS We are looking for a Principal Embedded Systems Engineer to own the platform that our camera-based products run on – from the Linux user-space stack, to the C++ peripherals layer that talks to motors and sensors, to the OTA system that keeps thousands of devices in the field healthy. Based in Boston (hybrid), you will lead and player-coach a small team within the embedded systems domain, reporting to a Senior Director of Engineering. You'll be the technical owner of our on-device system supporting the movement tracking functionality of the product. This is a role for someone who thrives on breadth. In any given week, you might be making an architecture decision in the on-device system runtime, tuning a motor control loop, reviewing a schematic with an EE before a board respin, or adding new robustness to the OTA system. You needn’t be a roboticist or an EE, but excited t