Senior Embedded Platform Engineer

LMK Recruiting Solutions; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus/Equity

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

LMK Recruiting Solutions is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer for a safety-critical aerospace/automotive role. You will design, implement, and maintain real-time firmware for actuators, motor drives, BMS, and vehicle-level systems on TI C2000, NXP, or STM32 MCUs.

Collaborate with hardware, controls, and systems teams to ensure deterministic performance. Responsibilities include BSP and driver development, CAN/SPI/Ethernet interfaces, hardware bring-up, testing, and tooling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years developing embedded firmware for real-time systems.
• Proficient in embedded C/C++ and real-time firmware architecture.
• Experience with TI C2000, NXP or STM32 MCUs.
• Knowledge of MCU peripherals, interrupts, timers, ADC, PWM, GPIO.
• Hands-on with CAN, SPI, Ethernet protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain real-time firmware architecture for safety-critical embedded control platforms.
• Own timing-sensitive firmware layers, interrupt structure, task scheduling, execution order, and deterministic data flow between hardware, drivers, middleware, and application software.
• Develop firmware frameworks that support reusable control execution, communication, diagnostics, monitoring, and system integration across multiple projects.
• MCU, BSP & Driver Development.
• Develop and maintain embedded software in C/C++ on real-time microcontroller platforms.
• Own board support packages, peripheral initialization, device configuration, and low-level hardware abstraction layers.
• Develop and debug drivers for peripherals and interfaces such as CAN, SPI, Ethernet, ADC, PWM, GPIO, timers, watchdogs.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Real-time firmware

Low-level debugging

Safety-critical systems

Tools

TI C2000

NXP

STM32

CAN

SPI

Ethernet

Job description

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About the Role

We're seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong low-level embedded software expertise and a passion for building robust, deterministic firmware for safety-critical control systems. This role focuses on the real-time firmware foundation that enables actuators, motor drives, battery management systems, sensors, and vehicle-level systems to operate reliably. You will architect, implement, and maintain firmware across real-time microcontroller platforms, owning board support packages, drivers, RTOS/bare-metal execution, timing, peripheral interfaces, diagnostics hooks, and hardware bring-up. This role works closely with embedded systems, motor control, BMS, and vehicle control software engineers to ensure the platform layer is reliable, reusable, and deterministic.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain real-time firmware architecture for safety-critical embedded control platforms
• Own timing-sensitive firmware layers, interrupt structure, task scheduling, execution order, and deterministic data flow between hardware, drivers, middleware, and application software
• Develop firmware frameworks that support reusable control execution, communication, diagnostics, monitoring, and system integration across multiple projects
• MCU, BSP & Driver Development
• Develop and maintain embedded software in C/C++ on real-time microcontroller platforms
• Own board support packages, peripheral initialization, device configuration, and low-level hardware abstraction layers
• Develop and debug drivers for peripherals and interfaces such as CAN, SPI, Ethernet, ADC, PWM, GPIO, timers, watchdogs, and other MCU peripherals
• Hardware Interfaces & Bring-Up
• Support hardware bring-up, board validation, and low-level debugging across software and hardware boundaries
• Diagnose issues involving MCU configuration, clocks, interrupts, peripherals, sensors, motor drive interfaces, BMS interfaces, and communication links
• Work closely with electrical, controls, and systems teams to ensure firmware correctly supports actuator control, power electronics, sensors, and vehicle-level hardware
• Implement embedded communication infrastructure for protocols such as CAN, CAN derivatives, SPI, Ethernet, ARINC 825, and other aerospace or automotive buses
• Support reliable data exchange, message timing, arbitration, diagnostics, fault detection, and recovery behavior at the firmware/platform level
• Integration, Test & Tooling
• Support integration with motor control, BMS, sensors, and vehicle control software
• Develop test hooks, debug interfaces, logging mechanisms, automation support, and data collection tools for lab validation and system debugging
• Support SIL/HIL environments where firmware interfaces, drivers, and platform behavior need to be validated

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing embedded firmware for complex real-time systems
• Solid proficiency in embedded C/C++ and real-time firmware architecture
• Experience with real-time microcontroller platforms (TI C2000, NXP, STM32, or similar) - direct experience with safety-oriented aerospace/automotive-grade MCUs is a plus, not required
• Working understanding of MCU peripherals, interrupts, timers, watchdogs, memory, clocks, ADC, PWM, GPIO, and communication interfaces
• Some hands-on experience with communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, Ethernet, or similar
• Ability to integrate and debug software across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries
• Strong analytical skills and low-level debugging ability; hardware bring-up, lab validation, or HIL testing experience is a plus

Required Skills

• Experience with TI C2000, NXP, or similar real-time control microcontrollers
• Prior work on safety-critical or regulated systems: aerospace, automotive, industrial
• Exposure to certification-oriented development processes: DO-178C, ARP4754/4761, ISO 26262 concepts
• Experience developing reusable BSPs, drivers, middleware, and embedded software frameworks
• Background supporting motor drives, BMS, power electronics, sensors, or vehicle control systems
• Experience supporting production launch, field issues, and long-term platform maintainability

Pay range and compensation package

$150,000-$250,000, based on experience, scope, and internal equity.

• Eligible for bonus/equity, where applicable.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.