Staff Software Engineer, OTA

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

We are seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, OTA to help grow our vehicle connectivity team, working on embedded Linux technologies to achieve critical vehicle functions like network communication, interfaces, internet connectivity, telemetry, over-the-air software updates. These technologies are being pioneered in-house at Lucid and are at the cutting edge.

Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches their work with determination. The individual will show excellence in their respective fields, to learn quickly and strive for perfection within a fast-paced development environment.

Role Responsibilities

· Design and develop robust software components for Telematics Control Unit.

· Writing implementation, unit test, component test and documentation using team technology stack based on C++.

· Commitment and ownership to get software done with the explicit testing implemented to deliver on time and protect quality & scalability.

· Understanding of delivering scalable tested & documented software.

· Contributing to ideation sessions, requirements, design & code reviews.

· Collaborate on defining software architecture in a multi-core processor in Linux.

· Collaborate with system engineering to provide a strong requirement specification.

· Collaborate on design & development of software test plan.

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent technology field is required.

· Fluent in OOP, data structures and algorithms.

· 5+ years of industry experience with C/C++ development in embedded Linux platforms

· Strong problem-solving medal belt and debugging tricks; proficiency using advanced debugging techniques and tools.

· Solid understanding of C/C++ application memory and CPU profiling, performance analysis and optimization

· Strong social engineering – bringing deliveries as a team.

· Comfortable using Git and following solid development processes.

· Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/UDP, MQTT, REST, RPC, DBUS.

· Sound knowledge of Linux operating system internals for application development.

· Strong understanding of IPC Mechanisms – Sockets, Message Queues, Shared Memory, Signal handling, D-BUS.

Preferred Qualifications

· MS degree or above in Computer Science or equivalent technology field is preferred.

· Experience with secure embedded software functionality.

· Automotive software development experience.

· Knowledge on DevOps, Docker, Jenkins for embedded development.

· YOCTO Linux experience.

· Familiar with Agile development processes.

Salary Range : The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits : Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

Base Pay Range (Annual)

$171,500 - $251,460 USD

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