Amaze Systems · 3 hours ago
Senior Systems Analyst/Engineer
Dallas, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expAmaze Systems is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst/Engineer to enhance their embedded systems and platform engineering for consumer devices. The role involves writing clear engineering requirements, maintaining traceability, defining interface contracts, and coordinating with various teams to resolve conflicts and align on project scope.
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Responsibilities
Write clear, testable engineering requirements and acceptance criteria for OS services, middleware, and native/browser app runtimes
Maintain bi-directional traceability from product needs to requirements, design, verification, and release artifacts
Define interface contracts (APIs/ABIs, IPC, HAL boundaries), sequence/state diagrams, and configuration schemas
Create governance for all driver API and registries
Establish compatibility and deprecation policies; manage versioning and change control for platform interfaces
Specify app lifecycle, foreground/background rules, resource quotas, storage and caching policies, permissions, and update behaviors for native and browser apps
Define requirements for WebView/HTML5 runtimes, extensions, and integration with platform services
Set requirements for core services: input, display/composition, audio routing, networking, time/services, storage/FS, power/thermal, and updates
Capture constraints for startup ordering, service health, watchdogs, and recovery behaviors
Define measurable targets (boot/app launch, responsiveness, memory footprint, standby power, stability) with SLAs and measurement methods
Specify profiling/observability requirements (logs, metrics, traces) and acceptance of thresholds without prescribing implementation
Author policies for OTA rollout/rollback, gating, and fleet segmentation; define readiness and exit criteria for releases
Translate requirements into TDD requirements for test automation
Define soak, longevity, and environmental test entry/exit criteria tied to non-functional targets
Specify SELinux/AppArmor policy requirements at a high level, permission models, data retention, and privacy-by-default behaviors
Capture regional/regulatory requirements, accessibility expectations, localization/internationalization boundaries, and time-to-cert readiness
Coordinate with Product, OS/FW, Middleware, App, QA, and ODM partners to resolve requirement conflicts and align on scope, sequencing, and resourcing
Qualification
Required
7+ years in embedded systems/platforms focused on requirements, system analysis, or platform engineering for consumer devices
Embedded Linux and/or Android TV (AOSP) knowledge, including bootloaders, kernel configuration, device trees, init/systemd, and power management concepts
Familiarity with native runtimes/SDKs and browser/HTML5/WebView app models (lifecycle, packaging, permissions, update flows)
Understanding of services/demons, IPC, and HAL abstractions
Strong C/C++ literacy; fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and memory
Ability to read schematics/datasheets; comfort with I2C/SPI/UART, GPIO, display/audio paths, input, storage, and connectivity peripherals
Proficient with Git, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence; excellent written and verbal communication for cross-functional audiences
Preferred
Experience with Android TV (AOSP), webOS, Tizen, or Roku OS
Exposure to Yocto/Buildroot; familiarity with BSP/device drivers
Awareness of graphics/composition (OpenGL ES/Vulkan)
Experience with factory/production test flows; telemetry/analytics for fleet health
Company
Amaze Systems
Amaze Systems is a web and digital marketing agency that offers data analytics and SEO services.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase