Lunar Energy

FirmwareEngineer

$140–190k San Francisco, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Firmware Engineer at Lunar Energy. Skills: Firmware development, Embedded systems, RTOS. Develop firmware for hardware devices. Optimize firmware on the edge”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience developing software, 5+ years experience architecting software, Experience developing C in bare-metal systems, Experience developing C in RTOS, Experience implementing power electronics firmware control functionality, Ability to integrate hardware and software, Develop end-to-end solutions

Nice to Have

Exposure to full lifecycle from prototype to production

What You'll Do.

Develop firmware for hardware devices

Optimize firmware on the edge

Provide high-performance functionality

Write code across full embedded stack

Develop platform firmware

Support components like flash file systems

Support communication stacks

Support build tool management

Work in RTOS environment

Build component firmware

Integrate firmware with system

Drive design discussions on system architecture

Achieve desired product functionality

Collaborate on design

Collaborate on development

Participate in code reviews

Support system test teams

Support reliability teams

Support manufacturing teams

Provide special firmware features

Provide debugging support

Review performance data

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Fast-moving team; Multi-disciplinary team

Full Job Description

Embedded firmware engineer As an Embedded Firmware Engineer, you'll play a central role in shaping the intelligence inside our hardware, writing the code that makes our devices perform reliably, efficiently, and safely in homes around the world. You'll work across the full embedded stack, from low-level bootloader to high-level application firmware, in a fast-moving team where your contributions have real and immediate impact. Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy—making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We’re a fast-growing, global company building the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants. On a given day at Lunar, you'll likely… Develop firmware for our hardware devices, including optimization on the edge. Design, code, and test sub-systems that provide high-performance functionality on constrained hardware. Write code across the full embedded stack - from bootloader to high-level application firmware. Develop platform firmware to support components like flash file systems, communication stacks, and build tool management. Work in a RTOS environment, including porting and maintenance of the RTOS. Build component firmware that integrates with other parts of the Lunar system. Drive design discussions on system architecture to achieve the desired product functionality. Collaborate with the team on design and development, including participating in code reviews. Support system test, reliability, and manufacturing teams with special firmware features and debugging. Review performance data from the Lunar system gathered at internal and external test sites. Desired skills 5+ years of experience developing and architecting software, with exposure to the full lifecycle from prototype to production. Experience developing C in bare-metal systems and/or RTOS. Experience implementing power electronics

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