Senior Systems Software Engineer

About Lumafield:

Founded in 2019, Lumafield has developed the world's first accessible X-Ray CT scanner for engineers. Our easy-to-use scanner and cloud-based software give engineers the ability to see their work clearly, inside and out, at an extremely affordable price.

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 are an impact driven company obsessed with providing the best value to our customers keeping their needs at the center of our evolution. Our team today includes world-class researchers and industrial designers, PhDs, creators, founders of successful startups, and zero egos. We are backed by top venture capital funds like Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, DCVC, Spark Capital, and others.

The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and has an office in San Francisco, CA.

About the role:

As a Senior Systems Software Engineer at Lumafield, you will work on the software that powers our next-generation, manufacturing in-line CT scanning products. You’ll work on the bleeding edge of X-ray physics, high-speed detectors, image processing, and embedded systems. On a small team working on our newest hardware, you’ll bring the skill to extract the maximum performance out of the system and achieve great outcomes for our customers.

This role is ideal for candidates who are looking for an opportunity to own the embedded system, firmware and software design on an early-stage new product.

This role is located in Lumafield’s San Francisco, CA office. You may be required to travel occasionally to Lumafield’s Cambridge, MA office.

What You'll Do:

• Direct the architectural design, software development, integration, and initial setup of our cutting-edge in-line manufacturing products
• Write performance-critical edge software to acquire, process, and stream data with real-time processing deadlines
• Ship production critical Linux-based applications
• Collaborate closely with our product, research, hardware, and software development teams to understand requirements and architect solutions

About You:

• 3 years of experience writing low-level, performance-critical image processing software in C, C , or Rust
• 3 years of experience developing software for embedded Linux in C, C , or Rust
• Experience building & shipping high performance hardware-accelerated image processing edge solutions using NVIDIA CUDA and/or Jetson platform
• Familiarity with Python for scripting, testing and automation
• Basic familiarity with electrical engineering concepts including schematic layout, PCBA design, bring-up, testing
• Able to design, integrate, and test systems by interpreting component and product datasheets.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with classical computer vision techniques and machine learning CV algorithms
• Experience with managing the software release lifecycle of a fleet of edge devices
• Experience with with CameraLink, GigE Vision, or X-ray image acquisition

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Lumafield is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, because the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Do you feel like your skills don’t meet every single requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway – If you’re excited about our technology, the opportunity, and are eager to learn more we’d love to hear from you!

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information or veteran status.