1 day ago
San Mateo, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Own and optimize embedded Linux and RTOS release pipelines across connected devices.
- Design and scale automated Hardware-in-the-Loop and Software-in-the-Loop test harnesses.
- Define release qualification gates, track test flakiness, and lead triage of release-blocking bugs.
- Manage staged fleet rollouts, canary deployments, telemetry monitoring, and rapid rollbacks.
- Build CI/CD tools and automation to improve firmware compilation, packaging, and local testing.
- Collaborate with firmware, hardware validation, cloud backend, and engineering teams while mentoring peers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 3 years of experience in software or firmware build infrastructure, embedded test automation, or release engineering.
- Strong Python and Bash programming skills and working knowledge of C/C++ in embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
- Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems and executing automated tests on physical hardware targets.
- Experience with HIL testbeds, serial/UART logging, JTAG/SWD, and network power switches.
- Understanding of Git workflows, release practices, and build systems including Yocto/BitBake, CMake, Make, and Bazel.
- Willingness to work onsite five days per week in San Mateo and travel at least one week annually to Krakow, Poland.
- Preferred qualifications include Go, secure boot, cryptographic firmware signing, SBOM generation, OTA update frameworks, fleet telemetry monitoring, embedded communication interfaces, and Wi-Fi/cellular networking.
Benefits
- Employment visa sponsorship and takeover of sponsorship are offered for this role, subject to reasonable efforts to obtain a visa.
- Healthcare, medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, mental health, parental leave, fertility, paid holidays, extended holidays, flexible PTO, and sick time benefits are available.
- Professional development stipend, wellness and fitness benefits, daily healthy lunches, and commuter benefits are provided.
- The role is onsite five days per week at the San Mateo headquarters and requires at least one week of annual travel to Krakow, Poland.
Tech Stack
About Verkada
Verkada builds a cloud-managed physical security platform for enterprises, combining security cameras, access control, sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management with web and mobile software. It sells hardware plus software licenses through a subscription model to organizations like schools, retailers, and industrial sites. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Verkada reports 30,000+ customers worldwide and is privately held.