Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems

Lever, Inc.; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability

401k matching

Equity

Transportation benefit

Greentown Labs membership

Job summary

Laminar is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to own signal processing and firmware for process‑aware sensors. This hands‑on role sits at the intersection of embedded systems, DSP, and sensing methodology.

You will implement detectors and manage end‑to‑end signal data while partnering with Hardware and ML teams to illuminate industrial processes. You will work on ADC acquisition, filtering, sensor integration, and noise rejection; develop firmware in Zephyr; implement calibration

Qualifications

• 4+ years of embedded software for sensors or instrumentation.
• Own design, implementation, and success of major components in a system.
• Strong C/C++ on microcontrollers with Zephyr experience; devicetree/Kconfig/west knowledge.
• Experience with filters, sampling, aliasing, and signal chains.
• Analog: ADCs, gain, references, grounding, and noise handling.
• Testing heavy: unit tests, hardware mocks, CI, realistic data.

Responsibilities

• Acquisition & Conditioning: own the sensing signal chain from ADC to integration and averaging, including calibration.
• Sensor Integration: bring up and drive new detectors with production‑ready drivers.
• Noise Rejection: extract real signals in noisy environments (vibration, EMI, thermal drift).
• Firmware development: write firmware in Zephyr to connect detectors into the sensor stack.
• Calibration: implement on‑device coefficient storage and calibration workflows.
• Device Connectivity: build drivers for OTA and health monitoring to the Edge Gateway.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Zephyr

Devicetree

Kconfig

West

Device drivers

DSP concepts

Sensor signal chain

Testing/CI

Optical/electrical sensing

Tools

Zephyr

Calibration tools

CI tooling

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 novel 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. Our systems have materially reduced waste, cut manufacturing downtime, saved water, chemicals, energy, and helped prevent safety and quality failures.

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.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to own signal processing and firmware of Laminar’s process‑aware sensors. This is a hands‑on technical role at the intersection of embedded systems, digital signal processing, and sensing methodology. You will implement new detectors and sensing elements, own the signal data from end to end, and work directly with Hardware and ML teams to get the visibility into the industrial processes we need.

What You Will Do

• 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.

About You

• 4+ years of experience building embedded software for sensors or instrumentation.
• 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.
• Strong embedded C/C++ on microcontrollers with production Zephyr experience. You are fluent in devicetree, Kconfig, west, and the device driver model.
• You have designed filters, tackled sampling and aliasing, and designed and debugged signal chains.
• Comfortable with analog: ADCs, gain, references, grounding, and noise.
• Testing heavy, pushing for unit tests, hardware mocks, CI, and collecting realistic data.
• Experience with optical and electrical sensing and emitters.
• Experience productionizing new sensing methodologies, from prototype to deployed product.

Benefits

• 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
• Work with real recognition: 2026 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Gold 2026 Edison Award, Unilever Startup of the Year, Innovator Awards by both Coca-Cola and ABInBev, and more
• A team that celebrates together from rooftop lunches, ping pong matches, Lunch & Learns, and regular team events

Learn How We Think

• 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

$114,000 - $180,000 a year

Our pay ranges are established per Pave Compensation Software. We’re also proud to offer equity in our fast‑growing startup and one of the most comprehensive benefits packages among startups at our stage. Laminar pays 100% of the individual health insurance premium for HMO medical, vision, and dental, offers flexible PTO, a $90/month transportation benefit, a $65/month health and wellness benefit, FSA, 12 company‑paid holidays, an employer‑matching 401(k) (unheard of at this stage!), and Greentown Labs membership, among other valuable resources. (*subject to change)

There are many easier places to work on AI. Laminar is for people who want the hardest version of their discipline.

We believe exceptional people should be given exceptional amounts of ownership. At Laminar, you will have the context to form your own view, the permission to challenge ours, and the resources to pursue the right answers, whatever technical or organizational boundaries stand in the way. There are few layers between identifying something important and changing it.

We’re fortunate to work with a small polymathic team of hardware and software engineers, chemists, AI researchers, factory operators, and go‑to‑market wizards who are unusually capable, curious, rigorous, ambitious, and low‑ego. If that sounds like you, we’d love to meet you.

Our Interview Process

• 1. Phone screen with Laminar Head of Ops or 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

A recent study from LinkedIn showed that most women apply to jobs only when they meet 100% of the requirements, whereas men will hit the apply button if they hit 60%. Laminar is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. So, to the women and nonbinary folks out there feeling unsure if you're 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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