Backend & Firmware Engineer – AI Wearable Devices

MaxIT Consulting - Max Corporate Group; San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

MaxIT Consulting - Max Corporate Group is seeking a Firmware & Backend Engineer for AI wearables and edge systems in the SF Bay Area. The role blends wearable hardware firmware work with real-time backend infrastructure, data pipelines, and cloud interactions.

You will work close to hardware, using C, C++, or Rust, and collaborate with manufacturing partners to define hardware specs while shipping production-grade systems for real-time AI-enabled wearables.

Qualifikationen

• This role requires 1–4 years of relevant engineering experience, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
• Hands-on firmware or embedded systems experience is essential.
• Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS, device SDKs, or similar low-level systems.
• Strong backend or systems engineering fundamentals are important.
• Comfort debugging across software and device boundaries and shipping production systems.

Aufgaben

• Work directly with wearable-device firmware and hardware platforms.
• Flash, configure, adapt, and integrate vendor firmware and device software.
• Work with embedded Linux, RTOS environments, and/or device SDKs.
• Evaluate camera, sensor, compute, battery, thermal, and latency requirements.
• Contribute to hardware specifications and discussions with external partners.
• Develop backend infrastructure supporting real-time multimodal data pipelines.
• Operate near the system layer using C, C++, or Rust where appropriate.
• Own components across device, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

Kenntnisse

Firmware development

Embedded systems

C

C++

Rust

Embedded Linux

RTOS

Tools

Device SDKs

Jobbeschreibung

SF Bay Area, California | Fully On-site

We are seeking an Firmware & Backend Engineer – AI Wearables & Edge Systems to work at the intersection of wearable hardware, firmware, cloud systems, and real-time AI infrastructure.

The Opportunity

This role sits closest to the physical device and requires genuine firmware experience combined with strong systems and backend engineering capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with wearable-device firmware and hardware platforms.
• Flash, configure, adapt, and integrate vendor firmware and device software.
• Work with embedded Linux, RTOS environments, and/or device SDKs.
• Evaluate camera, sensor, compute, battery, thermal, and latency requirements.
• Contribute to hardware specifications and technical discussions with external manufacturing partners.
• Develop backend infrastructure supporting real-time multimodal data pipelines.
• Work close to the system layer using technologies such as C, C++, or Rust where appropriate.
• Own components across device, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

• Approximately 1 to 4 years of relevant engineering experience, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
• Hands‑on firmware or embedded systems experience.
• Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS, device SDKs, or comparable low‑level systems.
• Strong backend or systems engineering fundamentals.
• Comfort working close to hardware and debugging across software and device boundaries.
• Experience shipping production systems in fast‑moving engineering environments.

Candidate Profile

Relevant backgrounds include robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, wearables, industrial devices, defense technology, embedded systems, and other hardware‑constrained environments.

Work Arrangement

The role is fully in person in the San Francisco Bay Area, initially in Burlingame and later in San Francisco.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be able to work in the United States. Certain visa sponsorship and transfer scenarios are available for candidates already in the United States. New petitions processed from abroad are not currently supported.