Firmware Engineering Manager: Lead Embedded Linux Security

CUJO AI®; Espoo; Hybrid; EUR 67,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Modern equipment

Team gatherings

Career growth

Performance bonuses

Meaningful work

Job summary

CUJO AI® is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Firmware (Protection Services) team, owning the on-device security and parental control software that runs in millions of homes.

This is a people-leadership role with technical depth, owning the roadmap, coaching engineers, and collaborating with senior engineers and architects. The stack includes C, Rust, Lua, POSIX shell, Linux network stack, and OpenWrt/Yocto/Buildroot across multiple vendor platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software, firmware or networking engineering experience; 2+ years in leadership.
• Hands‑on background in native code development on Linux (C and Rust).
• Experience with Linux network stack and embedded Linux build systems (OpenWrt/Yocto/Buildroot).
• Familiarity with CI/CD, test automation and lab environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to work with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and grow a firmware/embedded team with regular 1:1s and career development.
• Own delivery of the team's roadmap, prioritise work and balance debt with new features.
• Guide network security, parental control and device intelligence features for Linux CPE devices.
• Participate in technical design and architecture reviews for native code and portability.
• Steward the C-to-Rust direction in embedded contexts while managing constraints.
• Own test and validation strategy, test automation, and lab planning/investment.
• Champion engineering best practices and continuous improvement in CI/CD, reviews and docs.
• Partner with product management, architecture and other managers to align direction with business goals.
• Manage cross-team dependencies across cloud/backend, QA, delivery and operator teams.
• Drive hiring, onboarding and team structure in collaboration with recruiting.
• Report on team health and delivery risks to senior leadership.
• Operate within ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type 2 governed processes without slowing delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Embedded Linux

C

Rust

CI/CD

Test automation

English communication

Tools

OpenWrt

Yocto

Buildroot

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Jenkins

Pytest

Job description

CUJO AI® is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Firmware (Protection Services) team, owning the on-device security and parental control software that runs in millions of homes.

This is a people-leadership role with technical depth, owning the roadmap, coaching engineers, and collaborating with senior engineers and architects. The stack includes C, Rust, Lua, POSIX shell, Linux network stack, and OpenWrt/Yocto/Buildroot across multiple vendor platforms.