Senior Firmware Engineer II

Summary

Join Samsara's Safety OS Platform Firmware Team as a Software Engineer to design and develop embedded platforms for camera systems deployed worldwide. This remote position requires proficiency in Linux development, experience with cross-platform development, and ability to read schematics.

Requirements

• Proficient in Linux development in C, including bootloaders, kernel configuration, device drivers, device tree, and userspace tools
• Experience with cross-platform development, build tools (GNU toolchain, Yocto, buildroot) and Docker containers
• Experience integrating/adapting Open Source Software to meet project requirements
• Ability to read schematics and integrated circuit device datasheets for board support package development
• Experience bringing products through the full software lifecycle - from early prototyping, board bring-up, release to manufacturing, to post-release support
• 8+ Years of embedded software and/or hardware experience
• Proactive, self-directed, and good at estimating project scope and timelines

Responsibilities

• Bring up and support custom built hardware from early prototyping through mature development and maintenance
• Debug complex systems problems spanning from Hardware to application software, document root causes, and develop resolution plans
• Own one or more work streams focused on custom hardware bring-up, power and performance management and optimization, on device security, and/or platform development across a range of SoCs to enable multimedia encoding and edge machine learning capable products
• Influence engineering teams on our Video-Safety and Vehicle-Gateway products, guiding architectural decisions and improving quality
• Partner closely with our Hardware team in defining and building next generation devices that support the company’s objectives
• Mentor other engineers on the team, helping us raise our technical standards
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Yocto knowledge to support a range of similar projects in an efficient manner
• Experience with Go, Python, FreeRTOS, and Gstreamer
• Familiarity with lab tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power meters

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more