Lyte · 11 hours ago
Senior Embedded Software, Firmware & Driver Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $300K/yr
7+ years expLyte AI builds perception systems for Physical AI and is seeking a Senior Embedded Software, Firmware & Driver Engineer. The role involves designing and maintaining embedded firmware and device drivers, leading chip bring-up, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure production readiness.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware and device drivers for a wide range of processors and accelerators, including ARM Cortex-M, Cortex-R, and Cortex-A; DSP cores (e.g., Tensilica); NPUs, TPUs, GPUs, and custom accelerators
Lead chip, SoC, and board bring-up from first power-on to production readiness
Develop and maintain BSPs, bootloaders, and low-level system software
Write and debug device drivers for peripherals and interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, USB, PCIe, Ethernet; GPIO, PWM, timers, DMA, watchdogs; sensors, cameras, storage, and custom hardware blocks
Develop firmware for RTOS-based systems and Linux-based platforms
Integrate firmware and drivers into a larger production software stack
Debug complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, kernel, and user space
Optimize for performance, latency, memory footprint, power, and reliability
Collaborate closely with hardware, silicon, systems, and application teams to define interfaces and requirements
Establish and follow best practices for embedded software development, testing, documentation, and code quality
Support validation, manufacturing, and field issues with root-cause analysis and fixes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
7+ years of experience in embedded software, firmware, or driver development
Strong hands-on experience with bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware development; Linux kernel, device drivers, and system bring-up
Experience working across multiple processor architectures and cores (MCUs, CPUs, DSPs, accelerators)
Deep understanding of embedded systems fundamentals: boot flows, interrupts, memory hierarchies, caches, MMUs; concurrency, synchronization, and real-time constraints
Strong proficiency in embedded programming languages: C and C++; Assembly (at least at a debugging / bring-up level); Python and scripting for tooling, automation, and testing
Experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation
Ability to read schematics, datasheets, and silicon reference manuals
Experience delivering production-quality embedded software
Preferred
Experience with common RTOSes (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, QNX, ThreadX, VxWorks)
Strong Linux experience, including device tree; kernel configuration and build systems; driver development and debugging
Experience with bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot, custom boot ROM flows)
Familiarity with embedded Linux build systems (Yocto, Buildroot)
Experience with hardware debug and bring-up tools: JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes; GDB, OpenOCD, Lauterbach, Trace32, etc
Experience with SoC and ASIC development environments
Familiarity with power management, clocking, and performance tuning
Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or other safety-critical or real-time systems
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) retirement plan
Flexible vacation and time-off policy
Collaborative, fast-paced, and inclusive work environment
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies with a highly cross-functional team
Company
Lyte
Lyte is the perception layer of Physical AI.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$107MKey Investors
Avigdor Willenz
2026-01-05Series Unknown· $107M
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