Meta
Software Engineer, Embedded BSP/Kernel (Robotics OS)
$219K–$301K
Redmond, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Burlingame, CA - Experience
- 10+ years building and shipping system software for embedded Linux or Android-based products.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Architect and evolve Meta’s embedded Robotics OS for NVIDIA Jetson Thor robots, spanning Linux platform software, real-time control and AI workloads, secure fleet updates, and production-scale operations.
What you'll do
- Set the Robotics OS technical strategy and roadmap across BSP, kernel, image, updates, real-time behavior, GPU platform, and fleet tooling.
- Design and deliver reproducible OS builds, secure OTA update and boot systems, and real-time architecture for control and AI workloads.
- Lead board bring-up, platform reliability and observability, and collaboration with hardware, firmware, AI, and NVIDIA teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years building and shipping system software for embedded Linux or Android-based products.
- Experience architecting and owning an OS, BSP, or platform stack on shipped hardware; deep experience with C and Linux kernel internals.
- Experience with ARM64 board bring-up, OS build and release systems, and debugging cross-layer hardware/software problems.
Nice to have
- Track record of upstream contributions to the Linux kernel, Yocto, or related open-source projects.
- Experience with NVIDIA Jetson, real-time Linux, robotics fieldbuses, secure fleet updates, GPU/edge AI, or Yocto/meta-tegra.
Pay
$219,000/year to $301,000/year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Rust, Python, Linux kernel, Yocto, NVIDIA Jetson, JetPack
AI focus
Support large vision-language-action models and other AI workloads running on the robot’s GPU alongside real-time control loops.
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