Software Engineer, Lightship
Embedded Systems
$110-150k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Broomfield, CO)
Electric RV manufacturer
Job no longer available
Electric RV manufacturer
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$110-150k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Broomfield, CO)
21-100 employees
Company mission
Lightspeed's mission is to electrify the RV.
Role
Who you are
- BS or above in computer science, electrical/computer engineering, or related field
- Minimum 3 years experience developing software
- Proven experience in embedded systems software development, including preemptive, real-time architectures
- In-depth knowledge of CAN bus or similar communication protocol
- Proficiency coding in C/C++
- Understanding of microprocessors and associated peripherals
Desirable
- Knowledge of C compliant languages such as Java and Python
- Knowledge of Linux operating systems
- Experience deploying software across a variety of platforms
- Ability to read schematics and component data sheets
- You enjoy developing software and create value by solving problems
- You bring an entrepreneurial mindset to your work and are comfortable with uncertainty
What the job involves
- Lightship’s mission to modernize and electrify RVs demands that we build a complex power system with robust software and flexible control
- As a Software Engineer, you will define and develop embedded software that interacts with other components
- You are scrappy and eager to be hands-on in a program’s early stages and willing to evolve as the program moves into production
- You will work closely with the product and engineering teams and help hasten our path to market with an exceptional vehicle that redefines RVing
- Help develop Lightship’s ECU firmware
- Review code, analyze stability, and manage bugs
- Define communication interfaces and requirements
- Develop and execute a software test suite to ensure reliability
- Collaborate with team to define vehicle embedded systems architecture
- Collaborate with team to help select hardware for vehicle controls
- Optimize software by performing maintenance, updates, and upgrades
- Assess third party and open source software
- Keep up to date with relevant software standards and advancements in embedded system development
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Company benefits
- Healthcare, Dental, Vision (full time only)
- 401k
- Unlimited Paid Time Off that we actually want you to use! 3-4 weeks is common at Lightship
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- $2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own, we call this a LightTrip (full time only)
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2024
$34m
SERIES B
Jul 2022
$23.1m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $57.1m
Our take
Mobile homes and camper vans have become a great way to travel and vacation at a lower cost and carbon footprint. However, there is still an efficiency problem with the vehicles involved. Due to the extra weight that a trailer creates, vehicles become less energy-efficient in their mileage. Lightship RVs aim to solve that problem with their range of RVs, maximising mileage efficiency and creating comfortable trailer units in the process.
Founded by former Tesla engineers, the purpose-built travel trailers Lightship is building have their own self-propulsion system that enables near-zero loss in mile-per-gallon efficiency for the vehicle it’s attached to. With an 80 kWh battery installed in the trailer, it can ensure that a 300-mile range electric vehicle remains just that. In the process, this reduces the anxiety associated with the possibility of a trailer decreasing the mileage per charge.
It is early days for Lightship, which was founded in 2020, with its first edition AE1 Cosmos released in 2024. The proof will be in the sales then, but with $61 million in funding to accelerate its development, Lightship’s road to success looks smooth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle