Senior Embedded Engineer, MCU Firmware

Uber; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber’s AV Labs is building a high-velocity team to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for autonomous partners. The role focuses on firmware for automotive MCUs, including bring-up, secure updates, and integration with the main compute platform.

You will lead design, validation and production-ready firmware for vehicle systems. You will work with AUTOSAR Classic and FreeRTOS, drive hardware bring-up, and collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure robust, secure updates and time

Qualifications

• 7+ years developing embedded software in C/C++ on RTOS or bare metal.
• Experience with automotive MCUs (AURIX) and CAN/CAN-FD.
• Production lifecycle from prototype to production in autonomous vehicle domains.

Responsibilities

• Design, write and maintain C firmware and drivers for automotive MCUs on FreeRTOS and AUTOSAR Classic: CAN-FD, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, LIN, ADC, PWM.
• Own the bridge between vehicle CAN-FD buses and the compute SoC, including buffering, filtering and timestamping.
• Implement power sequencing, sleep and wake, voltage/temperature monitoring, fan control, SoC watchdog and reset supervision, and gPTP/PPS distribution.
• Own the bootloader and dual-bank update path, including versioning, signing, rollback and recovery.
• Own board bring-up and validation for custom hardware; participate in schematic reviews and debug with oscilloscopes and Lauterbach TRACE32.
• Integrate and regression-test supplier firmware drops and mentor teammates on code quality.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Automotive MCUs

Hardware debugging

Firmware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

FreeRTOS

AUTOSAR Classic

CAN-FD

Lauterbach TRACE32

Oscilloscopes

Job description

About The Role

Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We're building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team is focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race—and Uber has an edge: We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match.

About The Role

Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We're building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team is focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race—and Uber has an edge: We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match.

Our AV Labs Hardware team is building the next-generation E/E architecture for our L4 data-collection vehicle fleet. The automotive MCU beside the main compute platform owns what must always work: vehicle network access, power sequencing, thermal and voltage supervision, time synchronization, and secure firmware updates. You will own that firmware from third‑party board support through bring‑up and deployment of our in‑house production hardware.

What The Candidate Will Do

• Core firmware and drivers: Design, write and maintain C firmware and drivers for automotive MCUs (Infineon AURIX TriCore) on FreeRTOS and AUTOSAR Classic: CAN-FD, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, LIN, ADC, PWM and on‑board devices such as switches, PMICs and IMUs.
• Vehicle I/O: Own the bridge between vehicle CAN-FD buses and the compute SoC, including buffering, filtering, timestamping and latency.
• Power, thermal and time: Implement power sequencing, sleep and wake, voltage and temperature monitoring, fan control, SoC watchdog and reset supervision, and gPTP and PPS time distribution.
• Bootloader and secure update: Own the bootloader and dual‑bank (A/B) update path, including versioning, signing, rollback and recovery of field units.
• Bring‑up and co‑design: Own board bring‑up and validation for custom hardware. Join schematic reviews with hardware engineers, and debug with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and on‑chip debuggers such as Lauterbach TRACE32.
• Supplier code and releases: Integrate and regression‑test supplier firmware drops, keep builds automated and reproducible, and mentor teammates on code quality and best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Embedded experience: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, with 7+ years developing embedded software in C/C++ on an RTOS or bare metal.
• Automotive MCU expertise: Hands‑on firmware and driver work on automotive‑grade MCUs (AURIX TC3xx preferred; Renesas RH850, NXP S32 or similar considered), with CAN/CAN‑FD and Ethernet, board bring‑up, and hardware debugging tools.
• Production lifecycle: Experience taking embedded systems from prototype and third‑party integration to production, ideally in autonomous vehicle, robotics or mission‑critical automotive domains.

Preferred Qualifications

• Security: Hardware security module (HSM) and secure boot experience, including secure update, key management and chain of trust on automotive MCUs.
• AURIX and AUTOSAR: AURIX iLLD and AUTOSAR Classic (MCAL and BSW configuration with tools such as Vector or ETAS).
• Functional safety: ISO 26262 (ASIL B through D) and MISRA C, including safety mechanisms such as watchdogs, memory protection and E2E.
• Timing: PTP/gPTP (IEEE 802.1AS) and hardware PPS routing across vehicle networks.
• AV compute platforms: MCU‑to‑SoC interfaces on autonomous driving platforms such as NVIDIA DRIVE or Jetson.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full‑time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

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