Staff Embedded Engineer

About the Role
Uber is launching AV Labs to accelerate the autonomous technology ecosystem. We're building out a high-velocity team of multi-disciplinary experts to turn real-world operations into high-quality data for our autonomous partners. This team is focused on the hardest problem in AV today: unlocking real-world, long-tail driving data. Autonomy is now a data race—and Uber has an edge: We collect rare, real-world driving data at a scale and capital efficiency no one else can match.
Our AV Labs Hardware team is pioneering the next-generation E/E architecture for our cutting-edge L4 data collectioncapable vehicle fleet.You will drive critical projects ranging from initial 3rd-party hardware driver and firmware development to the embedded development, bring-up, and deployment of our in-house designed production hardware. As a Senior Embedded Engineer, your technical expertise will directly accelerate our path to production, playing a key role in shaping the reliability of our autonomous data collection fleet.
What the Candidate Will Do
Develop Core Firmware & Drivers: Design, write, and maintain robust firmware and low-level device drivers for 3rd-party automotive-grade components and critical AV sensors (LiDAR, radar, cameras) to enable immediate, high-fidelity data collection and shadow mode operations.
Drive In-House Hardware Bring-Up: Execute the transition to production by taking ownership of board bring-up, hardware validation, and low-level software deployment for our custom, in-house designed autonomous computing platforms.
Collaborate on HW/SW Co-Design: Partner closely with electrical and hardware engineering teams to implement hardware-software interfaces, participate in schematic reviews, and ensure component selection aligns with firmware requirements.
Debug & Optimize Complex Systems: Utilize hardware debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers) and software profiling to troubleshoot intricate system-level issues, optimize sensor data pipelines, and ensure strict timing and network synchronization across the vehicle.
Contribute to Team Excellence: Act as a technical resource and mentor within the hardware team, actively contributing to best practices for embedded software architecture, code quality, and scalable deployment.
Basic Qualifications
Embedded Software Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, accompanied by 7+ years of professional experience developing embedded software using modern C/C++ in RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Embedded Linux) or bare-metal environments.
Low-Level Driver & Automotive Hardware Expertise: Strong experience writing firmware and device drivers for complex, automotive-grade components, SoCs, and autonomous vehicle sensors (e.g., LiDAR, radar, cameras). This must include hands-on experience with sensor integration, board bring-up, hardware debugging tools (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers), and familiarity with standard automotive interfaces and vehicle networks (e.g., CAN/CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, FPD-Link/GMSL, PCIe, SPI, I2C).