Verkada
Firmware Release & Test Automation Engineer
$125K–$260K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years in software/firmware build infrastructure, embedded test automation, or release engineering.
- Education
- BS or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Verkada sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role and states it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa for an offer recipient.
About the job
Owns firmware release pipelines, automated hardware and software validation, release quality gates, and safe staged deployments across Verkada’s connected-device fleet.
What you'll do
- Define and optimize release pipelines for embedded Linux and RTOS builds; develop CI/CD tools to improve build and test cycles.
- Build and scale HIL and SIL automated test systems, set release qualification gates, and lead triage of release-blocking bugs.
- Manage staged fleet rollouts, canary deployments, telemetry monitoring, and rollbacks.
What they ask for
- BS or graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of experience in software/firmware build infrastructure, embedded test automation, or release engineering.
- Strong Python and Bash proficiency; working knowledge of C/C++ in embedded Linux or RTOS environments.
- Experience with embedded CI/CD pipelines and automated testing on physical hardware targets.
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of Go.
- Experience with secure boot, cryptographic firmware signing, SBOM generation, OTA updates, or fleet-health telemetry.
Pay
$125,000 — $260,000 USD (annual on-target earnings; base compensation and commissions, if applicable)
Tools
Python, Bash, C/C++, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, TeamCity, Yocto/BitBake
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative