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Senior / Staff Linux Embedded Engineer

BrightAI Corporation

Palo Alto, California

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SKILLS
C Programming Language, C++ Programming Language, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Code Reviews, Computer Firmware, Computer Science, Concurrency, Continuous Integration, Debugging Skills, Docker, Embedded Linux, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Establish Priorities, GDB (Gnu Debugger), Git, Go Programming Language (Golang), Hardware Administration, I2C, Kernel Programming, Linux Distributions, Linux Operating System, Low Power, Machine Tool, Memory Management, Multithreaded Programming, Operating Systems, Power Management, Production Systems, Quality Metrics, Simulation, Software Administration, Software Development, Software Engineering, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), System Architecture, Systems/Internals Programming, Technical Leadership, Topology, USB, Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART), Virtualization
LOCATION
Palo Alto, California
POSTED
16 days ago

Senior Linux Embedded Engineer

Role Overview

We are a high-growth company seeking a versatile Senior (or Staff) Embedded Software Engineer to support vertical-specific customizations and platform stability for our production wearable systems. This is a hands-on individual contributor role requiring a generalist capable of navigating system boundaries—from kernel-level debugging to back-end logic and application tailoring.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience with Embedded Linux environments and physical hardware validation. While our next-generation architecture leverages the Go programming language, candidates with strong fundamental computer science and C/C++ backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

  • System Customization: Lead technical alignment and vertical-specific applications deployment on our production Yocto-based Embedded Linux distribution.
  • Hardware Integration: Support board bring-up and physical hardware validation using low-level protocols, ensuring seamless mapping from simulation to actual edge devices.
  • System Architecture: Collaborate across firmware and application boundaries, leveraging containerized runtime architectures (Docker/Podman) for Edge OS environment isolation.
  • Code Optimization: Debug and resolve multi-processor resource contentions across execution domains (CPU efficiency cores, DSP, NPU), emphasizing power management and thread execution priority adjustments.
  • Process Excellence: Champion strict code quality standards, comprehensive version control processes (Git pull requests, cherry-picking), and early continuous integration pipeline validation.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Experience: 6+ years of hands-on embedded software development experience, primarily with Embedded Linux distributions.
  • Systems Programming: Command of C/C++ with strong computer science fundamentals, runtime architecture optimization, and pointer tracking knowledge.
  • Linux Infrastructure: Solid familiarity with embedded build environments (Yocto Project, recipes, device trees) and low-level system diagnostic tools (GDB, strace, dmesg).
  • Hardware Protocols: Direct experience interface debugging with communication topologies, including I2C, SPI, UART, USB, and GPIO.
  • Workflow Tooling: Advanced proficiency with Git, team collaboration development flows, and structural code reviews.

Preferred / "Nice-to-Have" Skills

  • Go Lang: Prior experience with or conceptual familiarity with the Go programming language (concurrency, dynamic memory footprint tracking). Alternatively, background with Rust or complex multi-threaded architectures.
  • Container Deployments: Exposure to lightweight virtualization constraints and container orchestrations on target edge endpoints (Podman, Docker).
  • Power Management: Experience profiling embedded execution workloads, process scheduling manipulation, and low-power constraint validation.

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BrightAI Corporation