Embedded Device Lab Administrator

RTI; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work stipend

Flexible PTO

Annual bonus

Career growth opportunities

Diverse, supportive environment

Job summary

RTI is seeking an Embedded Device Lab Administrator at our Sunnyvale, CA headquarters. You will lead the embedded lab, bring-up and maintain 70+ architectures, and work onsite to ensure high availability and robust automation.

You will configure bootloaders, build embedded kernels, and integrate tooling with RTI's automation framework while collaborating with OS partners and IT. A strong Unix/Linux background and embedded systems experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an embedded lab and expanding capabilities.
• Strong Unix system administration skills and Linux fundamentals.
• Experience with multiple OS kernels and embedded systems (e.g., Arduino, Raspberry Pi).
• Familiar with bootloaders, Yocto images, and automated lab infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and upgrade the Sunnyvale embedded lab across 70+ architectures.
• Debug platform issues and evolve automation infrastructure with OS/tools partners.
• Ensure high availability through monitoring and upgrades of the lab.
• Collaborate with IT and other teams in a cross-department group.

Skills

Leadership

Embedded systems

Unix admin

C programming

Shell scripting

Makefiles

Linux fundamentals

Networking

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Salt

Python

Tcl

Expect

Perl

Yocto

Bootloaders

RTOS

Job description

As our Embedded Device Lab Administrator, you will be part of a team of experts building a secure real-time middleware platform with extreme performance and scalability. As part of our distributed RTI Platform Team, your role is critical in enabling and maintaining our products across various platforms and systems. This position is based at our Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters and requires you to work onsite.

• Use your leadership to take our embedded lab to the next level.
• You are responsible to bring-up and maintain the embedded systems in our lab at Sunnyvale HQ. We currently support over 70 different architectures. The work involves creating and configuring bootloaders, building and configuring (embedded) kernels involving a wide range of RTOS, and integration into the automation frameworks at RTI. You work with our OS and tools partners as we discover issues with their toolchains and operating systems.
• You support your fellow platform team members, and the larger RTI development team with your platform expertise. You help debug platform specific issues. In some cases this may require adjustments to the embedded system. In other cases, you evolve the automation infrastructure.
• You ensure high availability of the embedded systems by enabling monitoring of the lab and automation.
• You plan out and execute upgrades to the embedded lab.
• You partner closely with IT and other teams as part of a cross departmental super-group.
• You have experience with hardware setup.
• Passion for operating systems and embedded systems. Experience creating and configuring operating systems and kernels (e.g., QNX, VxWorks, Integrity, LynxOS) a plus. We don’t expect you to already know all the RTOS we currently support but you should have some experience with embedded systems (e.g. Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ARM Linux). In addition, you have strong Unix system administration skills
• Familiar with system generation and configuration, for example:
• creating and configuring bootloaders
• building and deploying Yocto images
• customizing system startup routines
• You have a good grasp of the fundamentals of Linux and have day-to-day knowledge.
• Ability to work successfully in a highly distributed team.
• US Person requirement *Due to export-control regulations, we can only consider “US persons” for this role. A “US person” is defined by federal law as a US citizen, lawful permanent resident (green card holder), refugee, or asylee. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship or transfer.*

Don’t meet every single requirement? At RTI, we are dedicated to building a fair and inclusive workplace so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with all qualifications in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway! You may be just the right candidate for this or another one of our open roles. Learn more about our commitment to our workforce, here !

• You have solid experience with Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOS IPv4 network configuration, solid understanding of host routing tables, some experience with subnets and VLANs. Extra credit for experience with 802.1q VLAN tagging, IPv6 and multicast.
• You have experience with infrastructure automation frameworks such as Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt
• You are familiar with shell scripting. We currently use python, tcl, expect, and some perl.
• You have basic C programming knowledge, and you are familiar with makefiles.

What We Offer You

• Remote working + Home Office Stipend to cover the costs of working from home.
• Flexible Paid Time Off + “Real Vacation Bonus,” an additional bonus for taking more than 1-week of uninterrupted vacation.
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance + other prizes and awards.
• We recognize employees for their achievements, offer great opportunities for career growth and development, and provide the tools they need to succeed.
• We live and work by our core values , which emphasize excellence, teamwork, and reaching your potential. Our motto is “Enjoy the journey, ” above all we must enjoy what we do and have fun at work. At RTI, you will work in a positive, supportive, diverse environment with a team that truly cares about you.
• We are defined by our “Working as One” culture and truly care about team’s interaction. That is why we plan trips for teams to get together in person, enjoy fun team-building activities and events, and feel more connected.

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the data-streaming company for intelligent distributed systems. RTI Connext® software is the critical nervous system for over 2,000 designs across Aerospace and Defense, MedTech, Automotive, and Robotics. Connext is the only real-time data streaming platform that can both control demanding physical systems and integrate them with cloud applications. RTI helps organizations develop, deploy, and scale intelligence and physical AI from edge to cloud, faster. RTI Runs a Smarter World™. Learn more at www.rti.com .

RTI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

The compensation for this role is $115,000 - $135,000 in Sunnyvale, California. The salary range displayed on this job posting reflects a minimum and maximum target. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that this range reflects the base salary target range only, and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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