Embedded Software Engineer

• Experience developing firmware for consumer IoT or smart home devices.

This role focuses on leading the architecture, design, and development of embedded firmware for next-generation IoT and video streaming products. The engineer will work on intelligent security solutions that combine AI, computer vision analytics, cloud services, and user-centric design to deliver reliable, end-to-end product experiences that help keep people safe and secure. The position requires deep expertise in embedded systems, multimedia streaming, and network-connected devices, along with strong technical leadership and collaboration skills.

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of embedded firmware for next-generation IoT and video streaming products.
• Drive product development efforts to ensure timely delivery of high-quality, reliable firmware solutions.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Hardware, Cloud, Mobile, QA, and external ODM partners, to ensure seamless end-to-end system integration.
• Design, develop, debug, and integrate embedded software components such as device drivers, communication protocols, RTOS modules, and platform firmware.
• Evaluate and integrate new SoCs, chipsets, image sensors, wireless modules, and other hardware components into future product platforms.
• Analyze board schematics, component datasheets, and hardware designs to optimize system performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, networking, and cloud interactions.
• Drive firmware optimization efforts for performance, memory footprint, power consumption, and boot time.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring of firmware engineers.
• Contribute to hiring activities by assessing candidates’ technical capabilities and cultural fit for the firmware engineering team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of embedded firmware development experience, including significant experience in video streaming and network-connected devices.
• Expert-level programming skills in Embedded C and C++.
• Strong experience developing software on RTOS and Embedded Linux platforms.
• Deep understanding of real-time multimedia systems, including video and audio processing, compression, and streaming technologies such as H.264 and H.265.
• Extensive experience with multithreaded and multitasking embedded software development.
• Strong expertise in device driver architecture, development, and debugging.
• Proven experience optimizing embedded software for performance, memory usage, and overall system efficiency.
• Excellent debugging and root cause analysis skills in complex embedded environments.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, including TCP, UDP, RTP, RTSP, SIP, and WebRTC.
• Experience with wireless communication technologies, including Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and LTE.
• Familiarity with IoT communication architectures and cloud-connected devices.
• Hands‑on experience using hardware debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, and protocol analyzers.
• Proficiency with source control systems such as Git.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with demonstrated technical leadership experience and a track record of mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
• Practical experience with firmware development using C++, Embedded C, Embedded Linux, and TCP/IP networking.
• Experience working with Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth technologies in embedded systems.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience developing firmware for consumer IoT or smart home devices.
• Experience with industry protocols such as Zigbee, Z‑Wave, and Matter.
• Knowledge of Linux memory management, file systems, memory protection, and kernel internals.
• Experience optimizing bootloaders such as U‑Boot.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Lua.
• Experience with image processing in…