Senior Embedded Controls Engineer – Scanning Systems - Mountain View, CA, United States

Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer.

Work on electro-mechanical and optical systems that enable LiDAR scanning.

About the role

This role involves designing and implementing controllers for actuators within the Scanning Systems team, which develops electro-mechanical and optical systems for LiDAR.

What you'll do

• Develop, test, and analyze control architectures and improvements.
• Implement controller changes in C.
• Root-cause control performance issues with embedded, electrical, and mechanical engineers.
• Test and qualify changes by coordinating with the reliability and test team to identify appropriate test conditions, collect relevant data, and present results for approval.

What you'll need

• 3+ years of experience developing controls for motion control applications.
• Strong fundamentals in control design - PID, frequency domain, state space.
• Experience implementing real-time, production-level firmware in C.
• Ability to prototype controller designs and analyze data in Matlab and Python.
• Working knowledge of motors, encoders, motor drivers, ADCs, and microcontrollers.
• Master’s level coursework in controls and embedded programming.

Nice to have

• Practical experience controlling motors (Brushed DC, BLDC, VCM, MEMS).
• Hands-on experience in developing and debugging motion control electronics (motor drivers, ADCs, encoders).
• Experience in deploying firmware for automotive, medical, or aerospace industries.

Skills: Embedded Controls Engineer, motion control applications, real-time, production-level firmware in C, motors, encoders, motor drivers, control design