Firmware Engineer III

Flock Safety

70d • $140,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Flock Safety is looking for a Firmware Engineer to join our Device Firmware Team, a dynamic group renowned for its exceptional engineering talent. We are responsible for all of the code running on thousands of solar-powered devices that are at the heart of our mission, enabling the seamless capture and upload of millions of images and streaming video content to the cloud daily. This role will focus on developing high-quality MCU firmware for existing and next-generation platforms. You will work with key internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure deliverables meet our development and design bar, develop customizations in the drivers, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver quality software and firmware.

Requirements

• 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, understanding 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ARM Cortex Microcontrollers and more specifically, with ST MCU and their development ecosystem.
• Experience with FreeRTOS or Zephyr.
• Experience with Qualcomm chipset devices.
• Experience with battery-powered/power constrained devices.
• 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.
• Experience with Kotlin and Android apps development.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality MCU firmware for existing and next-generation platforms.
• Work with key internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure deliverables meet development and design standards.
• Develop customizations in the drivers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver quality software and firmware.

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees