Senior Embedded Software, Firmware & Driver Engineer

About Lyte Lyte builds perception systems for Physical AI operating in complex environments. The company combines custom silicon, integrated sensors, and software into a unified platform for robotics, mobility, and next-generation automation. Lyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a global presence. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..ai

If you’re excited about building impactful technology in a dynamic, hands-on environment, we’d love to hear from you!

• We are looking for a Senior Embedded Software, Firmware & Driver Engineer to build and own low-level software across a wide range of processors, accelerators, and custom silicon in our robotics and Physical AI systems. This is a deeply hands‑on role for someone who thrives close to hardware—bringing up new chips, writing robust firmware and drivers, and integrating them into production‑quality RTOS and Linux software stacks.

You will work across CPUs, MCUs, DSPs, NPUs, TPUs, and custom ASICs, developing firmware, boot flows, device drivers, and board‑support packages (BSPs). The role spans early silicon and board bring‑up through stable, scalable deployment, with a strong emphasis on correctness, performance, reliability, and maintainability.

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware and device drivers for a wide range of processors and accelerators, including ARM Cortex‑M, Cortex‑R, and Cortex‑A; DSP cores (e.g., Tensilica); NPUs, TPUs, GPUs, and custom accelerators
• Lead chip, SoC, and board bring‑up from first power‑on to production readiness
• Develop and maintain BSPs, bootloaders, and low‑level system software
• Write and debug device drivers for peripherals and interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, USB, PCIe, Ethernet; GPIO, PWM, timers, DMA, watchdogs; sensors, cameras, storage, and custom hardware blocks
• Develop firmware for RTOS‑based systems and Linux‑based platforms
• Integrate firmware and drivers into a larger production software stack
• Debug complex system‑level issues across hardware, firmware, kernel, and user space
• Optimize for performance, latency, memory footprint, power, and reliability
• Collaborate closely with hardware, silicon, systems, and application teams to define interfaces and requirements
• Establish and follow best practices for embedded software development, testing, documentation, and code quality
• Support validation, manufacturing, and field issues with root‑cause analysis and fixes

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in embedded software, firmware, or driver development
• Strong hands‑on experience with bare‑metal and RTOS‑based firmware development;
  Linux kernel, device drivers, and system bring‑up
• Experience working across multiple processor architectures and cores (MCUs, CPUs, DSPs, accelerators)
• Deep understanding of embedded systems fundamentals: boot flows, interrupts, memory hierarchies, caches, MMUs; concurrency, synchronization, and real‑time constraints
• Strong proficiency in embedded programming languages: C and C++;
  Assembly (at least at a debugging / bring‑up level);
  Python and scripting for tooling, automation, and testing
• Experience with hardware bring‑up, debugging, and validation
• Ability to read schematics, datasheets, and silicon reference manuals
• Experience delivering production‑quality embedded software

• Experience with common RTOSes (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, QNX, Thread
  
  X, VxWorks)
• Strong Linux experience, including device tree; kernel configuration and build systems; driver development and debugging
• Experience with bootloaders (e.g., U‑Boot, custom boot ROM flows)
• Familiarity with embedded Linux build systems (Yocto, Buildroot)
• Experience with hardware debug and bring‑up tools: JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes; GDB, OpenOCD, Lauterbach, Trace
  32, etc.
• Experience with SoC and ASIC development environments
• Familiarity with power management, clocking, and performance tuning
• Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or other safety‑critical or real‑time systems

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible vacation and time‑off policy
• Collaborative, fast‑paced, and inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge technologies with a highly cross‑functional team

150, USD per year (Bay Area, CA)