Senior Software Engineer, Edge Platform

Runlaminar; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Transportation benefit

Health & wellness

401k matching

Equity

Bonus opportunities

Growth opportunities

Inclusive team

Greentown Labs network access

Team events

Lunch & Learns

Job summary

Laminar is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Edge Platform to own and build the next‑generation edge computing platform. You’ll shape how software, ML models, and LLM workloads run on Linux‑based edge devices and factory servers.

This hands‑on role spans architecture to production deployment, turning open challenges into reliable systems and guiding others. You will work on signal conditioning, sensor integration, firmware in Zephyr, and secure updates, collaborating across teams in a

Qualifications

• 4+ years of production systems software experience.
• Deep Linux experience including admin, networking, filesystems, and performance.
• Experience shipping to on-prem, edge, embedded, or robotics environments.
• Proficiency in Rust, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Familiarity with deploying ML models on edge hardware and constrained resources.
• Experience with deployment automation, monitoring, and secure updates.

Responsibilities

• Acquire & condition signals: ADC acquisition, timing, filtering, integration, and calibration.
• Sensor integration: new detectors, board bring-up, and drivers.
• Noise rejection: mitigate vibration, EMI, thermal drift, and related issues.
• Firmware development: Zephyr-based interfaces for detectors in the sensor stack.
• Calibration: on‑device coefficients, external procedures, provisioning flow.
• Device connectivity: drivers, OTA, and health monitoring to Edge Gateway.

Skills

Linux systems

Production software

Ownership

Linux (admin, networking, FS)

Bare-metal / hypervisors / VMs

Containers

Rust

Python

C/C++

Go

ML on edge

OTA updates

Zephyr firmware

Edge hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Zephyr

Job description

Machines learned to understand language. We’re teaching them to understand matter.

Forty percent of global manufacturing happens through physical and chemical processes inside pipes, tanks, and reactors. Despite decades of industrial automation, much of what happens inside them remains remarkably invisible. Manufacturing is the most ubiquitous and foundational sector in global economy, yet the way factories are fundamentally run have used the same control philosophies, manual operations, and legacy software for the past 60 years.

Laminar deploys state-of-the-art patented sensors and edge hardware directly into live production environments, generating data that didn’t previously exist to build foundation models deployed in factory floors that understand chemistry, composition, quality, and material state in real time. We use that understanding to run autonomy and rethink how things are made.

The last generation of industrial automation taught machines to execute instructions reliably. The next will teach them to understand the processes they control and run autonomously, adaptively, and agentically: higher quality, safety, more efficiently, sustainably, and productively.

That future is already taking shape. Today, Laminar works with 7 of the world’s 10 largest food and beverage manufacturers and operates across hundreds of factories globally across six continents. Our systems have materially reduced waste, cut manufacturing downtime, saved water, chemicals, energy, and helped prevent safety and quality failures. Our technology has gained international recognition, from being selected as a 2026 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Gold 2026 Edison Award, Unilever Startup of the Year, to Innovator Awards by both Coca-Cola and AB InBev, and more.

We are backed by tier-one investors in physical AI to make intelligent, self-improving production the new standard for industry.

Join us to build what makes matter intelligible, and the intelligible controllable.

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Software Engineer, Edge Platform to own components of and build out Laminar’s next-generation edge computing platform. You’ll shape how our software, ML models, and LLM workloads run on Linux-based edge devices and factory-deployed servers. This is a hands‑on role with ownership from early architecture and prototyping through production deployment. We’re looking for someone who can turn open‑ended challenges into reliable systems, make thoughtful technical decisions, and help other engineers grow along the way.

• Acquisition & Conditioning:Own the sensing signal chain, covering ADC acquisition and timing, filtering, integration and averaging strategy, and calibration.
• Sensor Integration: Integrate new detectors and sensing elements as our sensor lineup evolves. Own integration, supporting board bring‑up through production‑ready drivers.
• Noise Rejection: Get the real signal out of noisy environments. Tackle challenges like vibration, EMI, thermal drift, and more.
• Firmware development: Develop firmware in Zephyr to interface with new detectors into our existing modular sensor stack
• Calibration: Build the firmware side of calibration, including on‑device coefficient storage, third party calibration procedures, and the final provisioning process for our sensors.
• Device Connectivity: Ship drivers, OTA, and health monitoring for our sensors to carry data up to our Edge Gateway.

• 4+ years of experience building production systems software, with meaningful work on Linux systems, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Track record of owning the design, implementation, and success of significant components within a larger system.
• Comfortable defining technical direction, taking ownership, and delivering in a fast‑paced product iteration cycle.
• Deep Linux experience, covering administration, networking, filesystems, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Experience shipping software into environments you don’t control: into on‑prem, edge, embedded, robotics, or similar.
• Practical experience with bare‑metal infrastructure, hypervisors, virtual machines, and containers.
• Strong experience in languages such as Rust, Python, C/C++, or Go, with experience building automation and system tooling.
• Familiarity with deploying ML models and LLMs on edge hardware, including inference runtimes and resource constraints.
• Experience with deployment automation, monitoring, system recovery, and secure software updates.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Direct impact on product and culture.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability, Transportation benefit, Health and Wellness benefit, and more.
• 401k plan with employer matching
• Equity
• Competitive salary and bonus opportunities.
• Dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Access to Greentown Labs' extensive network of cleantech startups.
• Transportation benefit for your commute
• A team that celebrates together from rooftop lunches, ping pong matches, Lunch & Learns, and regular team events
• Learn about our startup journey: Our Journey
• How we’re combating climate change: AI-Powered Climate Tech
• A customer story: Unilever uses Laminar precision automation to cut time & water usage

Our Interview Process

1. Phone screen with Laminar HR/Recruiter (15-20 minutes)

2. Intro call with Hiring Manager (30 minutes)

3. On-site interview, overview of tech, and interview/presentation with the Hiring Manager and a few team members. Depending on the role, a skills exercise that should take no longer than an hour to prep, would be sent ahead of time. We record your skills exercise to share with any team members who could not join the interview and/or with Founder's ahead of their Founder's Interview. If you are not local, we can conduct this virtually.

4. Finalists for Full-Time positions will have a Founder’s Interview in-person

Final steps:

Two professional references are requested, ideally one from your current organization and one who served as your Manager

If an Offer Letter is extended, a Background check is conducted

Laminar is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Even if you are unsure you are a perfect fit, we strongly encourage you to apply! If you're ready to play a key role in scaling a game-changing company that’s transforming the industrial sector and advancing sustainability, we want to hear from you.

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