Embedded Linux OS Engineer for Drone Firmware & Security

Clear Concepts, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Concepts, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Embedded OS Engineer to own the Ubuntu-based Linux firmware stack on our drone platform (Qualcomm QRB5165). You will build the OS, keep it secure, and ship it through automated CI/CD pipelines, working deeply with Yocto/BitBake and headless embedded hardware.

This role emphasizes low-level OS internals, image recipes, and robust system services. You will tune builds for performance, manage image composition, and implement post-build hardening and

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded Linux OS build systems (Yocto/BitBake) and image recipes.
• Experience with headless embedded hardware and limited recovery options.
• Hands-on CI/CD for firmware builds using Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the firmware build system and image recipes.
• Implement ROOTFS post-processing and OS hardening.
• Tune build performance and manage package inclusion/exclusion.
• Develop system services and unit files for headless devices.
• Ensure security and reliability of the firmware in CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Embedded OS

Yocto/BitBake

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

Linux

Embedded hardware

Tools

sstate-cache

BB_NUMBER_THREADS

PARALLEL_MAKE

image recipes

systemd

Job description

Clear Concepts, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Embedded OS Engineer to own the Ubuntu-based Linux firmware stack on our drone platform (Qualcomm QRB5165). You will build the OS, keep it secure, and ship it through automated CI/CD pipelines, working deeply with Yocto/BitBake and headless embedded hardware.

This role emphasizes low-level OS internals, image recipes, and robust system services. You will tune builds for performance, manage image composition, and implement post-build hardening and