Software Engineer – Embedded Systems

Lightship

South San Francisco, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-03-17

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Lightship is an early-stage hardware startup launched in 2020 by Tesla alumni that is bringing the $26B recreational vehicle industry into the electric age. Based in San Francisco and Boulder, Lightship is designing and producing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer that liberates travelers from the noise, emissions, and range anxiety of gas RVing.

Overview

Lightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer currently developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age. As the macro transition to an all-electric transportation ecosystem accelerates, Lightship is bringing the increased convenience and superior performance that electrification offers to a pastime enjoyed by over 11 million American families.

Honoring Diverse Perspectives

Lightship is committed to hiring and developing top talent from diverse backgrounds. We believe representing and supporting diverse groups is key to the success of our team members, customers, shareholders and the achievement of our mission and vision. We operate in a collaborative environment with a flat organizational structure and expect a high degree of integrity, autonomy and creativity from all members of the team.

About the Role

Lightship’s mission to modernize and electrify RVs demands building cutting edge electronics and controls. As a Software Engineer, you will develop software across a distributed compute architecture, which includes domains such as power systems, propulsion, and body controls. You will also contribute towards maturing and stabilizing the platform software layer, which will host the application software layer supporting the domains mentioned above. You will work closely with product and engineering teams and help hasten our path to market with an exceptional vehicle that redefines RVing.

Employee Benefits & Philosophy - Applies to Full Time Employees only

- Healthcare, Dental, Vision

- 401k

- Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!

- 12 weeks paid parental leave

- $2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip

Lightship offers all of its full time employees and their dependents full benefits including health, dental and vision insurance and covers 100% of the insurance premium. We are on a mission to create a more healthful all-electric experience for a pastime that millions of families enjoy and believe strongly that our team should not have to worry about quality healthcare for themselves or their loved ones along the way.

Responsibilities

Develop application software for Lightship’s in-vehicle controllers, spanning domains from drivetrain, power distribution, and body controls

Develop and integrate device drivers for embedded peripherals connected over LIN, SPI, UART, CAN

Develop software to support hardware bring-up

Collaborate with cross-functional teams in identifying the root causes of software defects

Develop software unit tests suites and integrate test cases with a CI/CD pipeline

Participate in software code reviews and hardware schematic reviews

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Minimum 3 years experience in software development

Proficiency coding in C/C++

Experience with development for a microcontroller and experience with communication protocols such as SPI, CAN, CAN-FD, I2C, LIN, and UART

Proficient with debug tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters

Experience working with cross-functional software, hardware, test, and manufacturing teams

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in programming languages such as C# and Python

Experience working with microprocessors and linux operating systems

Experience working with safety critical systems and familiarity with ISO 26262 standard

Familiarity with automotive electrical power systems and automotive drivetrains

Familiarity with Ethernet, WiFi, LTE, and Bluetooth

Equity

Lightship compensation consists of the yearly salary above plus equity, which gives you a stake in the company.

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