Meter
Firmware Engineer, Data Centers
$210K–$250K
San Francisco or Sunnyvale · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
About the job
Designs and builds switch operating systems and firmware for Meter’s data center switches, bringing hardware into production and improving protocol support, reliability, and release automation.
What you'll do
- Integrate and validate switching chip SDKs, including boot, ports, and drivers.
- Scale networking protocol implementations and collaborate on data models and feature scope.
- Improve firmware bring-up, monitoring, upgrades, and rollbacks; meet reliability targets.
What they ask for
- Proficiency writing and debugging embedded Linux software, firmware, or device drivers in C/C++.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, L2/L3 networking) is helpful; the posting says motivated candidates can learn quickly on the job.
Nice to have
- Experience with switching SDKs.
- Familiarity with Golang or similar backend languages.
Pay
$210,000 - $250,000 (USD; estimated pay range; pay type not specified)
Tools
C/C++, embedded Linux, Golang, TCP/IP, L2/L3 networking, BGP, ECMP, LACP
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