Lumotive

Engineer, Firmware

Lumotive
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5 months ago
Milpitas, CA, USAEntry Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$90k - $115k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain embedded firmware modules for processor-based systems and ASIC/SoC platforms.
  • Implement, integrate, and debug firmware features with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Develop and validate drivers and interfaces for I²C, SPI, UART, GPIO, DMA, and related peripherals.
  • Participate in RTOS task creation, scheduling, and debugging.
  • Support board bring-up, system integration, and validation.
  • Collaborate with hardware, ASIC, software, and systems engineering teams.
  • Debug firmware and hardware interaction issues using JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and related tools.
  • Write unit tests, participate in system-level testing, conduct code reviews, and document firmware designs and test results.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
  • 0–1 year of embedded-systems or firmware-development experience, including internships, research work, or academic projects.
  • Basic C/C++ programming knowledge for embedded systems.
  • Understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, interrupts, processor fundamentals, embedded systems, and microcontroller-based design.
  • Familiarity with I²C, SPI, UART, GPIO, Ethernet, or similar interfaces, plus Git and software development tools.
  • Exposure to IC design, processor design, optical system design, RTOS environments, Python, Linux-based development, debugging tools, software testing, and embedded build workflows.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, written, verbal communication, learning, and collaboration skills.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • FSA and HSA.
  • PTO plus 14 paid company holidays.
  • 401(k) with a 3% company contribution.
  • Stock options.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.

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About Lumotive

51-200 employees

Lumotive develops CMOS-based Light Control Metasurface (LCM) beam-forming chips that digitally steer and shape light for solid-state LiDAR and other 3D sensing. It sells semiconductor devices and design support to module makers and solution integrators serving consumer, automotive, and industrial markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the privately held company’s first commercial deployments are in compact LiDAR sensors for robotics, mobility, and smart infrastructure.

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