Senior Member of Technical Staff, Firmware Engineer (SoC/RTOS)

Lumotive
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 145,000 - 170,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Leadership"]

Lead architecture and development of firmware for multi-processor embedded subsystems integrated into ASIC/SoC platforms. Bring up RTOS, secure boot flows, and production-grade code/tests for low-power, safety-critical products while coordinating HW/SW/firmware across teams.

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Lumotive
Lumotive
11 months ago

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Firmware Engineer (SoC/RTOS)

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Job Summary

Lead architecture and development of firmware for multi-processor embedded subsystems integrated into ASIC/SoC platforms. Bring up RTOS, secure boot flows, and production-grade code/tests for low-power, safety-critical products while coordinating HW/SW/firmware across teams.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own firmware architecture for multi-core embedded subsystems; define HW datapath engines and the FW needed for extensible, scalable architectures.
  • •Partition designs and justify tradeoffs across HW/FW/SW; collaborate with ASIC/SoC, digital design, verification, board, and systems teams.
  • •Bring up RTOS (selection, BSPs, drivers, scheduler configuration) and multiple boot modes including secure boot, key provisioning, and rollback.
  • •Implement low-power firmware strategies (clock/power domains, sleep states, retention, wake sources) and validate current/latency targets.
  • •Develop and optimize drivers and middleware for common interconnects (USB, JTAG, I²C, SPI, GPIO, UART, DMA); integrate with hardware modules.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 145,000 - 170,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquityLife InsuranceDisability

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
  • •8+ years as a firmware/HW/SoC architect or senior embedded firmware engineer.
  • •Proven experience with multiple embedded processor subsystems and integration into ASIC/SoC.
  • •RTOS selection and bring-up (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX) including BSPs, bootloaders, and startup code.
  • •Firmware-controlled low-power design and measurement.
Experience:8+ yearsEmbeddedFirmwareSoCRTOSASIC
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLeadership
Tech Stack:CC++PythonRTOSFreeRTOSZephyrThreadXLinuxYoctoCMakeCICI/CDGit

Company Brief

Lumotive
Develops solid-state LiDAR systems using programmable photonics and beam-steering technology to enable advanced sensing for automotive, robotics, and industrial applications.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Seattle, United States
Founded: 2017
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