Lumotive
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Firmware Engineer (SoC/RTOS)
$145K–$170K
Milpitas, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2025
- Experience
- 8+ years as a firmware/HW/SoC architect or senior embedded firmware engineer.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
About the job
Leads firmware architecture and development for multi-processor embedded subsystems on ASIC/SoC platforms, including RTOS, secure boot, low-power operation, testing, and product integration.
What you'll do
- Own firmware architecture, partition functionality across hardware, firmware, and software, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Bring up RTOS and boot flows; develop drivers, middleware, and low-power firmware for embedded products.
- Build production firmware and test workflows, support board bring-up and manufacturing transition, and contribute to functional safety activities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
- 8+ years as a firmware/HW/SoC architect or senior embedded firmware engineer.
- Experience with multiple embedded processor subsystems integrated into ASIC/SoC, RTOS selection and bring-up, secure boot, and low-power design.
- Driver development and hardware interfacing, Windows and Linux firmware/driver development, and TDD/unit/integration testing.
Nice to have
- Automotive/functional safety or similar safety-critical domain experience.
- Python/CMake/Yocto, MISRA-C/CERT C, OTA/update strategies, or performance/power profiling.
Pay
USD 145,000–170,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
ASIC/SoC, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX, USB, JTAG, I²C, SPI
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