# Software Engineer - Embedded Systems

About the Role Lightship’s mission to modernize and electrify RVs demands building cutting edge electronics and controls. As a Software Engineer, you will develop software across a distributed compute architecture, which includes domains such as power systems, propulsion, and body controls. You will also contribute towards maturing and stabilizing the platform software layer, which will host the application software layer supporting the domains mentioned above. You will work closely with product and engineering teams and help hasten our path to market with an exceptional vehicle that redefines RVing. Responsibilities Develop application software for Lightship’s in-vehicle controllers, spanning domains from drivetrain, power distribution, and body controls Develop and integrate device drivers for embedded peripherals connected over LIN, SPI, UART, CAN Architect and develop the common software stack to be used across all embedded systems. Develop frameworks to facilitate functions such as writing unit tests and integrating builds with a CI/CD pipeline Collaborate with cross-functional teams in identifying the root causes of software defects Participate in software code reviews and ha

- **Id**: 4042080
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lightship-software-engineer-embedded-systems>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T17:33:44Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T03:06:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2130
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Automotive Manufacturing, EV Charging

## Company

- **Id**: 456096
- **Name**: Lightship
- **Domain**: lightshiprv.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lightship-3>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Salary

- **Min**: 160000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T22:31:22Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 49
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T04:02:15Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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