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Systems Software Engineer

Lumafield

Job Location:

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 4 June 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 15 September 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Lumafield:

Lumafield was founded in 2019 to upgrade manufacturing.

We are engineers with deep experience across the product development cycle from initial ideas to shipping hardware across industries and specializations who became frustrated by the cost and complexity of modern manufacturing. So we decided to upgrade it.

Engineers make million-dollar decisions every day and they need tools that give them the greatest possible insight into their products. By offering unprecedented visibility into products as well as AI-driven tools that highlight problems and generate quantitative data Lumafield promises to revolutionize the way complex products are created manufactured and used across industries. We started with industrial CT scanning which for us was the most valuable but underutilized tool in the manufacturing toolbox enabling us to rapidly inspect essential components non-destructively.

We rebuilt the whole system from X-ray capture to computer vision analysis to web-based collaboration to the entire business model making the most advanced manufacturing tech more accessible to every industry. Our company like our platform is designed for upgrades. Were building for greater intelligence autonomy and speed. For deeper vision operational excellence and powerful insights. And then well upgrade it all again.

Lumafield is headquartered in Cambridge MA and has an office in San Francisco CA.

About the role:

As a Systems Software Engineer at Lumafieldyou will work on the software that powers our next-generation manufacturing in-line CT scanning products. Youll work on the bleeding edge of X-ray physics high-speed detectors image processing and embedded systems. On a small team working on our newest hardware youll bring the skill to extract the highest quality data out of the system and achieve great outcomes for our customers.

This role is ideal for candidates who are looking for an opportunity to scale a fleet of embedded devices from hundreds of units to thousands and introduce production-grade capability to our systems.

This role is located in Lumafields Cambridge MA office.

What Youll Do:

Write performance edge application software to acquire process and stream radiograph data
Write appliance firmware to maintain tight control loops for scanner peripherals
Participate in code reviews build up testing infrastructure and help set a high standard for how the team can move fast and maintain high levels of quality.
Ship production critical Linux-based applications
Architect data acquisition solutions that balance configurability and customizability
Collaborate closely with our product research hardware and software development teams to understand requirements and architect solutions

About You:

3 years of experience writing low-level high-performance software in Python and C; you not only write code but also understand the performance impact on a specific system.
Experience shipping applications with embedded Linux including configuring core services such as udev systemd and kernel schedulers.
3 years of startup experience you know the trade-offs between shipping fast and perfecting a design.
Hands-on experience integrating new hardware platforms by using vendor SDKs and manuals to write performant maintainable driver integrations
Mastery of software engineering fundamentals including debuggers profilers and evaluating trade-offs between different technology choices and proficiency with Pythons built-in concurrency models (asyncio threading and multiprocessing)
Able to design integrate and test systems by interpreting component and product datasheets.
Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field

Bonus Points For:

Experience building & shipping high performance hardware-accelerated image processing edge solutions using NVIDIA CUDA and/or Jetson platform
Experience with classical computer vision techniques and machine learning CV algorithms
Experience with shipping user-facing UIs written in

$120000 - $170000 a year

The salary range listed here represents the anticipated low and high ends of the base salary. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location experience and performance. All full-time employees receive an equity grant.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Lumafield offers both competitive cash and equity compensation as well as a health & wellness stipend 401k parental leave flexible PTO commuter benefits company wide events and more!

Lumafield is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills because the more inclusive we are the better our work will be. Do you feel like your skills dont meet every single requirement listed We encourage you to apply anyway If youre excited about our technology the opportunity and are eager to learn more wed love to hear from you!

In keeping with our beliefs and goals no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability genetic information or veteran status.

Reach out if you want to be a part of what we are building.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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