Embedded Software Engineer II , Connectivity Systems at eero
About The Position
At eero, our mission is to serve as the central nervous system of the home. While we began by revolutionizing home WiFi, we aim to create comprehensive solutions that serve both wireless and wired connectivity needs for customers and businesses across the globe. Our cross-functional team, spanning hardware, software, and manufacturing, develops advanced Ethernet switching and gateway products, alongside state of the art security features, to complement our award-winning mesh WiFi systems. As an Amazon company, we combine the best of startup culture with the resources and stability of one of the world's leading technology companies. Our team builds products that customers love - from mesh routers to high-performance wired networking devices - and we're looking for you to join us in shaping the future of the connected home. We live in a connected world and WiFi has become a critical component to every home. eero is the first product to deliver a whole home WiFi experience using mesh technology to make sure you never have to worry about WiFi ever again. We believe deeply in providing the best connectivity experience possible for our customers.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years of experience with embedded Linux or Linux-based platform development
- Proficiency in C/C++ and one scripting/systems language (Python or Golang)
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Golang for platform/systems service development
- Experience with Linux internals: systemd, networking stack (netlink, iptables/nftables), filesystems, process management
- Experience with building systems for embedded targets (Yocto, OpenWrt, Buildroot, or equivalent)
- Experience with networking protocols (802.11, Ethernet switching, TCP/IP, mesh networking)
- Experience with Rust in systems programming contexts
- Familiarity with hardware debugging tools (serial consoles, JTAG) and reading device trees
- Experience with secure boot, firmware signing, or OTA update security
- Experience with fleet-scale device management and telemetry systems
- Familiarity with CI/CD for embedded targets (cross-compilation, hardware-in-the-loop testing)
- Experience working in resource-constrained environments (memory optimization, startup time reduction)
- Track record of debugging complex cross-layer issues (application ↔ kernel ↔ hardware)
Responsibilities
- Partner with hardware engineering during board bring-up to debug boot sequences, peripheral initialization, and device configurations
- Support manufacturing and operations teams to ensure production firmware quality and flash/provisioning reliability
- Develop and maintain low level driver ensuring secure, reliable, and stable fleet-wide deployments
- Design, develop, and maintain system-level services and daemons on eeroOS (embedded Linux) using Golang, Python, and C/C++
- Develop and optimize low-level platform components in C/C++ for eero devices, including system initialization, process management, and hardware abstraction layers
- Maintain and evolve the eeroOS distribution, including kernel configuration, package management, and system image builds
- Implement and debug networking features spanning L2–L4 (Ethernet, Wi-Fi/802.11, TCP/IP, mDNS, DHCP) within the platform layer
- Collaborate with firmware and radio teams on wireless subsystem integration and performance tuning
- Maintain and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, build systems (Yocto/BitBake or equivalent), and developer tooling to accelerate team velocity and code quality
- Develop automated testing frameworks for device software validation
- Analyze telemetry and diagnostics data from beta, dogfood, and production fleets to identify regressions, performance issues, and improvement opportunities
- Drive root-cause analysis for field issues using remote debugging, log analysis, and device-level diagnostics
- Lead technical design reviews and mentor junior engineers on embedded platform best practices
- Contribute to architectural decisions that impact the full eero device portfolio
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parental leave
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
