Flock Safety · 3 months ago
Firmware Engineer III (Linux/AOSP)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $160K/yr
8+ years expFlock Safety is the leading safety technology platform, helping communities thrive by taking a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. The Firmware Engineer III will focus on developing high-quality MCU firmware for various platforms, collaborating with stakeholders and vendors to ensure quality deliverables.
ManufacturingPublic SafetySecuritySensor
Responsibilities
Developing high-quality MCU firmware for existing and next-generation platforms
Working with key internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure deliverables meet our development and design bar
Developing customizations in the drivers and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver quality software and firmware
Learning about the firmware software development lifecycle and tools, getting the development environment set up, and the build server up and running
Learning about different MCU-based and Android-based devices that our team is working on
Gradually ramping up on each product, delivering a small bug fix or an improvement in the code base
Continuing to make improvements to device firmware
Familiarizing yourself with the firmware-common library, and how it is integrated into existing projects and its current roadmap
Making valuable contributions to our firmware-common library, helping with its integration into our MCU-based products, identifying gaps and needs in the library and collaborating with partners to establish its roadmap
Delivering larger-scope fixes and improvements for MCU-based devices and on the Android host side
Qualification
Required
A Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8+ years experience
Proven track record of working with a large fleet of connected devices, a good understanding of different phases of their lifecycle and related challenges
Development experience within embedded systems/firmware design at multiple stages of the product life cycle (prototyping, pre-production engineering validation, release and scaling)
Experience with MCU firmware development bare-metal and RTOS-based
Experience with device bring-up within MCU bare metal, RTOS, Linux
Experience with Android system architecture (HAL, Android Linux Kernel, Android Build System, etc)
Exposure to developing, testing, and troubleshooting systems using the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol
Proficient in C and C++
Comfortable working in a Linux-based development environment, including custom tooling, containers, Gerrit/Git, etc
Preferred
Experience with ARM Cortex Microcontrollers and more specifically, with ST MCU and their development ecosystem is a big plus
Experience with FreeRTOS or Zephyr is a plus
Experience with Qualcomm chipset devices is a plus
Experience with battery-powered/power constrained devices is a plus
Strong knowledge of Linux internals (process scheduler, memory management, concurrency, synchronization, memory allocation, file system, networking, storage, subsystem architecture)
Experience developing Linux Kernel drivers for common peripheral bus technologies, including SPI, I2C, UART, is a big plus
Experience with Kotlin and Android apps development is a plus
Benefits
Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.
Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.
Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.
Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. In 2025, Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.
Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support.
Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions.
ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.
WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.
Productivity Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more.
Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.
Pet Insurance: We’ve partnered with Pumpkin to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies.
Company
Flock Safety
Flock Safety provides end-to-end surveillance solutions to support law enforcement and communities.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$655.58MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzTiger Global ManagementMeritech Capital Partners
2025-03-13Series F· $275M
2022-02-15Series E· $150M
2021-07-13Series D· $150M
Leadership Team
Garrett Langley
Founder & CEO
Mandy Schuler
Vice President Supply Chain
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