Lumafield
Manufacturing
HardwareSystemsEngineer
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Hardware Systems Engineer at Lumafield. Skills: Hardware Systems Engineering, Electrical Design, Firmware Development, System Integration. Drive the system architecture. Translate product-level requirements into a clear split across”
Industry & Context.
Chase ambiguity into the hardware; Keep digging until you understand why a system behaves the way it does
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Several years of hands-on experience taking a complex electro-mechanical or robotics product from blank page to working hardware, Breadth of knowledge in mechanical design, electronics, and embedded code, Comfortable enough in MCAD and ECAD to produce your own simple designs without handing them off to a specialist
Nice to Have
Background in motion control, Background in closed-loop systems, Background in sensor fusion, Shipped a hardware product from first prototype to production at volume, Experience with X-ray systems, Experience with other radiation-emitting equipment
What You'll Do.
Drive the system architecture
Translate product-level requirements into a clear split across
Make the buy-vs-build calls on the components
Select and qualify the critical parts
Own the rationale and tradeoffs for parts
Handle light MCAD for brackets and mounts
Handle light ECAD for embedded platforms and smaller
Bring a pile of parts up to a
Write drivers for the peripherals
Land drivers in the appliance firmware and application
Own test and validation
Plan test and validation
Fixture test and validation
Run test and validation
Push corrective actions back into the design
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with other engineering teams; Partnering with product teams; Collaborating with Systems Software team; Collaborating with team in Cambridge
Full Job Description
## Description About Lumafield: Lumafield was founded in 2019 to upgrade manufacturing. We are engineers with deep experience across the product development cycle, from initial ideas to shipping hardware, across industries and specializations, who became frustrated by the cost and complexity of modern manufacturing. So we decided to upgrade it. Engineers make million-dollar decisions every day, and they need tools that give them the greatest possible insight into their products. By offering unprecedented visibility into products, as well as AI-driven tools that highlight problems and generate quantitative data, Lumafield promises to revolutionize the way complex products are created, manufactured, and used across industries. We started with industrial CT scanning, which for us was the most valuable but underutilized tool in the manufacturing toolbox, enabling us to rapidly inspect essential components non-destructively. We rebuilt the whole system, from X-ray capture, to computer vision analysis, to web-based collaboration, to the entire business model, making the most advanced manufacturing tech more accessible to every industry. Our company, like our platform, is designed for upgrades. We’re building for greater intelligence, autonomy, and speed. For deeper vision, operational excellence, and powerful insights. And then we'll upgrade it all again. Lumafield is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, and has an office in San Francisco, CA. About the Role: The Hardware Group is looking for a Hardware Systems Engineer to join our San Francisco office and own the breadth of hardware development for a new class of industrial CT scanners. You’ll span electrical architecture and design, MCU firmware, and system integration, partnering tightly with other engineering and product teams to bring prototypes from concept through to shipping product. This is a hands-on, highly interdisciplinary role. You will be the hardware generalist closest to the product in San Francisco, collabo
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