Embedded Software Engineer (Co-op Student)

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Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region’s Top Employers for the 6th consecutive year and the 2022 Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates for the 5th consecutive year.
 

Lumentum is seeking to hire an Embedded Software Engineer - Co-op/Intern for our Ottawa based WSS Embedded Software team.

It’s an exciting time to join Lumentum!  Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum’s optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum’s commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.

The Opportunity

8-month term (preferred): May 2025 – Dec. 2025

4-month term: May 2025 – Aug. 2025

Work term model: hybrid or onsite

Responsibilities

The Embedded Software Engineer responsibilities would include but not be limited to the following:

• Work closely with R&D teams to develop embedded software and ensure compliance to specifications.
• Work independently or in a small team to deliver technically challenging products.
• Designing, implementing, and supporting features in C on embedded platforms for high performance optical products.
• Work with hardware interfaces, including sensors, actuators, communication buses (like UART, I2C, SPI), and peripherals.
• Applying best practices throughout the software lifecycle.
• Solving complex problems in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Analyzing and characterizing software failures.
• Sharing your knowledge in the following technology areas: embedded software, code reuse, designing for test and support, distributed and multi-threaded system design, unit test, etc.

Education Qualifications

• 3rd or 4th year: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering although software-inclined candidates from other Engineering and Science disciplines would also be considered.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Motivated to succeed.
• Strong C programming experience.
• Strong experience developing and working with embedded systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with optical systems is an asset.
• Experience with QNX, LINUX, FreeRTOS, and SYSBIOS is an asset.
• Experience with TI and Xilinx DSPs is an asset.

To be considered for this opportunity…

• You must be registered full-time or part time, in a recognized Canadian post-secondary institution

What sets Lumentum's student program apart? We're awesome because…
Our student program offers opportunities to work on real projects that have meaningful impact in an environment that supports diverse perspectives, inclusivity and fosters a sense of belonging. We offer flexible working schedules, continuous learning, mentorship programs, and employee resource groups.

Lumentum awards scholarships of $5,000.00 to five of our Canada based students from underrepresented groups. To be considered for the scholarship, the first thing you need to do is apply for a Lumentum intern/co-op opportunity so you can be reviewed for a job with us.  To receive the DIB scholarship, you must complete an intern/co-op with Lumentum.

You might be interested to know:

• We are a humble but passionate team who loves our work and is improving with each day;
• Our team has a long history (15 years and counting) of employing co-ops/interns and we truly value the contributions our students make to our team. In fact, several students have been hired upon graduation;
• Our building offers many perks including a small gym with showers; a cafeteria with subsidized meals and free coffee & tea; a prayer room; a games room; and plenty of free parking, or a conveniently located public transit stop in front of the building.