Memfault · 4 months ago
Embedded Linux Field Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$120K/yr - $170K/yr
3+ years expMemfault is seeking an Embedded Linux Field Engineer to develop their embedded Linux SDK written in Rust and collaborate with cutting-edge hardware companies. The role involves designing solutions for customers, improving the SDK for various IoT devices, and engaging directly with firmware engineers to integrate the Memfault platform.
Developer PlatformDeveloper ToolsInformation TechnologyInternet of ThingsSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Work with Memfault's sales and customer success teams to design solutions for prospects and customers to solve real-world business problems
Work with Memfault's customer success and product teams to improve our Linux SDK. The goal for the SDK is to get it to work on every major embedded Linux distribution across a wide variety of IoT devices
Engage directly with firmware engineers at cutting-edge hardware companies and work together to overcome issues integrating the Memfault platform
Build out and improve reference examples and SDK documentation
Contribute to the growing suite of unit, automated, and emulator tests to ensure that improvements work reliably and regressions don’t slip into production
Ship code early and often to customers. You’ll begin to constantly notice devices that are running your code out in the wild!
Work on our deep technical stack: firmware, operating systems, web, distributed systems
Have a major impact on our product, our infrastructure, our culture and our business
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience Rust/C/C++ code that runs on embedded Linux devices, typically on Arm CPUs
Well-versed in Yocto or buildroot
Great communicator, both conversationally and in written form
Organized and efficiently manage your time and priorities
Passionate about modern developer practices, such as automated software testing and CI/CD
Caring and kind: other people do better when they work with you
Preferred
Experience with developing firmware on MCUs or Android
Experience with Python and/or SQL
Excitement around up-leveling your sales acumen
Benefits
Full benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k)
Unlimited PTO
Competitive pay and equity packages
Company
Memfault
Memfault is an IoT reliability platform giving developers a more scalable & sustainable process to transform the way they build & operate.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$35.15MKey Investors
StripesPartechUncork Capital
2025-06-24Acquired
2023-01-24Series B· $24M
2021-04-01Series A· $8.5M
Leadership Team
Tyler Hoffman
Co-founder & Software Engineer
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