Samsara
Firmware Engineer
$114K–$191K
Remote - Austin +3 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Remote - Austin
Remote - Seattle
San Francisco, CA, United States
San Francisco - SF9 - Experience
- 2+ years building firmware for resource-constrained systems; no alternatives stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be able to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location, if applicable.
About the job
Develop firmware for Samsara’s connected devices, from hardware selection and board bring-up through low-power operation, data collection, and product deployment.
What you'll do
- Select and validate hardware components, bring up new boards and sensors, and build drivers and core firmware layers.
- Develop reliable, secure, and power-efficient firmware, including device connectivity, bootloaders, and firmware updates.
- Collaborate across hardware, product, software, mobile, and quality teams to deliver and support shipped products.
What they ask for
- Fluency in C and 2+ years building firmware for resource-constrained systems shipped to customers.
- Solid bare-metal and RTOS experience, plus experience bringing up new boards.
- Fluency with SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, and ADC; experience using relevant bench instruments to debug hardware and software.
- Cross-team experience contributing to work spanning hardware, firmware, cloud, and quality from concept to shipped product.
Nice to have
- BLE, cellular IoT, embedded security, OTA updates, Embedded Linux, or CAN/J1939 experience.
- Python and Bash tooling, hardware-in-the-loop test automation, or electronics mass-production experience.
Pay
$113,645 — $191,000 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
C, RTOS, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN
AI focus
Use AI in everyday work to increase output while maintaining quality.
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