Lime is the world's largest shared electric vehicle company. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered 700+ million rides in 250+ cities on 5 continents, replacing an estimated 150+ million car trips. Named a Time 100 Most Influential Company and Fast Company Brand That Matters, Lime continues to set the pace for shared micromobility globally.

Are you passionate about building cutting-edge software for smart, connected vehicles? Lime is looking for a Staff Firmware Engineer to join our on-vehicle software team! In this role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to design and develop the firmware that powers our global fleet of electric vehicles.

As we continue our rapid expansion, you’ll play a key role in shaping how our vehicles interact with onboard sensors, edge computing systems, and the cloud. You’ll have hands-on access to state-of-the-art hardware, with the freedom to experiment, innovate, and bring new ideas to life in the fast-evolving micro-mobility space.

Beyond the vehicle itself, you'll also contribute to enhancing the suite of operational tools that empower our distributed teams to charge, deploy, and maintain our scooters and bikes worldwide.

Best of all, you’ll be collaborating with a world-class team of engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers—each one passionate about redefining urban transportation through smart, sustainable technology.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in an evolving startup environment. You will be an in-the-moment problem solver with the ability to think about the short-term and long-term plans. You're energized about building and scaling and being part of a forward-thinking organization.

What you’ll do:

• In this role, you will drive the design, development, and operation of several key embedded software capabilities on the Lime vehicles and related products. This will include new exciting yet-to-be-released products too!

• Be the voice of customers for engineering excellence within the team and influence team roadmap decisions.

• Participate in the architecture of the complex systems within the vehicle software/Firmware domain and collaborate with other team members spread across the globe to realize the team's goals.

• Provide feedback in the peer review process and effectively communicate with technical leadership. Be the ambassador of industry best practices in this domain.

• Own unique embedded software functions through design, implementation (in C, C++, RUST etc), testing, and integration in an embedded Linux or real-time operating system (RTOS) environment.

• Learn and master multiple components including networking(LTE)/WiFi, motor control, Over-the-Air (OTA) software updates, and various sensors.

• Write software to interact with devices/electronics using I2C, SPI, CAN, UART, etc.

• Work closely with hardware teams to support board design, bring-up, and verification, as well as integration and testing during various phases of product development including proof of concept.

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/computer engineering or equivalent

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 5+ years of development experience in C/C++ within an embedded environment. This must include direct, hands-on experience designing, developing, and debugging one of the following: consumer electronics, medical devices, automotive systems, avionics, industrial, or telecommunications products.

• Hands-on system experience with Linux, including device drivers and multicore systems

• Proven experience diagnosing and debugging complex, difficult, multi-variable system issues with proficiency in oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Has successfully performed as a team member or technical lead on a complex project

• Direct experience working on embedded software stack for technologies such as NFC, Bluetooth Classic (BTC) or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

• Design and developing hardware abstraction layer (HAL) libraries and system services on Android Open Source Project (AOSP)

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If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.

Lime is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and globally diverse team – which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email recruiting-operations@li.me for assistance.

Use of artificial intelligence or an LLM such as ChatGPT during the interview process will be grounds for rejection of your application.