Senior Staff Embedded Engineer, Advanced Development

Luminar is a global automotive technology company ushering in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. For the past decade, Luminar has built an advanced hardware and software/AI platform to enable its more than 50 industry partners, including the majority of global automotive OEMs. From consumer vehicle programs with Volvo Cars and Mercedes-Benz to technology partnerships including NVIDIA and Mobileye, Luminar is poised to be the first automotive technology company to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for global production vehicles. For more information please visit www.luminartech.com.

Team Overview

The Senior Staff Embedded Engineer is a member of the Advanced Development Organization, responsible for embedded system solutions for the next generation lidar sensor. The candidate will be on-site and responsible for designing state-of-the-art circuits, testing, and system integration. In this role, you will be responsible for electrical systems ideation, design, implementation, modeling, and support volume ramp-up.  

Responsibilities

• Deliver next-generation, best-in-class embedded systems concepts and solutions for Luminar’s LiDAR products.
• Lead, mentor and collaborate with a world-class, highly skilled and capable embedded systems engineering team.
• Provide opportunities for team members’ professional growth and development.  
• Drive solutions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable next-generation best-in-class LiDAR products. 
• Facilitate and participate in the invention process both for embedded systems as well as algorithm solutions which enable next-generation best-in-class LiDAR products. 
• Manage project priorities and scope to meet schedule. Collaborate with other highly skilled embedded and algorithm teams within the company to deliver solutions. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, mechanical engineering or related degree
• 10+ years of working experience on embedded systems development  
• 5+ years of working experience with FPGA/SoC development  
• Working experience with task management and common project management tools 
• Working experience with SoC devices including but not limited to Xilinx SoC  
• Working experience with digital signal processing algorithms and their deployment in Embedded Systems/FPGA 
• Familiar with several programming languages (C/C++, Python, Matlab) 
• Working knowledge of servo control theory and algorithms 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD Degree in related engineering field 
• Experience with LiDAR or otherwise Optomechanical Systems / APD’s / Lasers / TEC’s 
• Responsible for architecting and developing (hdl/c) for SoC-based embedded systems using Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ SoCs  
• Experience with Xilinx RFSoC Devices 
• Familiar with Verilog and VHDL