Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is a fast-growing smart home hardware company looking for a Senior or Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer to help build and architect the firmware for their next generation of connected IoT devices. The role involves working on either the video/streaming stack or the networking/connectivity stack, taking ownership of features, and mentoring engineers depending on the level.
Responsibilities
- Help build and architect the firmware powering their next generation of connected IoT devices
- Work deep in either the video/streaming stack or the networking/connectivity stack
- Own features independently or drive architecture and mentoring engineers depending on level
Skills
- 7+ years of embedded firmware development experience
- Embedded C and C++
- RTOS and/or Embedded Linux platform experience
- Deep expertise in at least one of: video/audio streaming (H.264/H.265, RTSP/RTP/WebRTC) OR networking/connectivity protocols (Wi-Fi, BLE, LTE, TCP/UDP)
- Git/source control
- Hands-on hardware debugging (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers)
- Device driver development/debugging
- Consumer IoT / smart home product experience
- Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, or Matter protocol experience
- Linux memory management, bootloaders (U-Boot), kernel internals
- Python/Perl/Lua scripting
- Manufacturing/production support experience
- Demonstrated technical leadership (design reviews, mentoring, driving architecture) — a plus at any level, required for Staff-track placement
- Master's degree
Benefits
- 20% bonus
- RSU
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