Embedded Systems Engineer – Super Intelligence Integration
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory1 day ago
Livermore, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$122k - $186k/yr
Responsibilities
- Bring up new devices, interfaces, and embedded systems for laboratory and manufacturing environments.
- Build and maintain connectors linking equipment, telemetry, and command pathways to orchestration and SI platforms.
- Define and document device-interface contracts covering command semantics, telemetry, units, timestamps, states, and errors.
- Implement protocol-level hardware-software integrations, command validation, interlocks, approval points, and fallback behaviors.
- Develop hardware-in-the-loop test harnesses, diagnostic utilities, and debugging tools.
- Improve standardized telemetry and command interfaces and support reliability, safety boundaries, and deployment readiness.
- At the SES.2 level, design complex multi-protocol integrations, define reusable safety-aware interface patterns, diagnose integration failures, coordinate technical approaches, and guide less experienced contributors.
Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Experience with firmware, drivers, or hardware-software integration through coursework, projects, research, internships, or professional work.
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, embedded Linux, real-time operating systems, or comparable embedded environments.
- Experience writing hardware-protocol integration code using Python, C, C++, Rust, or similar languages.
- Familiarity with hardware communication protocols such as CAN, Modbus, serial, I2C, or SPI.
- Ability to troubleshoot device bring-up, interface issues, and system-integration problems systematically.
- At the SES.2 level, ability to independently define device-interface contracts, develop embedded integrations, diagnose multi-layer issues, and improve safety-aware control pathways.
- Desired qualifications include MQTT or NATS experience, ROS or ROS 2 exposure, hardware-in-the-loop testing, robotics or industrial-equipment experience, and familiarity with edge-system concerns.
Benefits
- Full-time on-site position due to the nature of the work.
- Flexible benefits package.
- 401(k).
- Relocation assistance.
- Education reimbursement program.
- Flexible schedules depending on project needs.
- Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates.
- External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test.
About Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory in Livermore, California, conducting research for national security, energy, and fundamental science. Founded in 1952 and operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, LLNL’s portfolio spans stockpile stewardship, high-performance computing, and the National Ignition Facility laser program, with work funded primarily through federal contracts and appropriations for defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies.