Embedded OS Engineer – Hybrid (Minneapolis/DC), TS Clearance

Swoop Technologies; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Swoop Technologies is building a distributed operating system, SwoopOS, to decompose the world’s equipment into distributed blocks for AI, robotics, and agentic systems. This hybrid role is based in Minneapolis/St.

Paul or Washington, DC, requiring in-office presence 3+ days per week. You will join our Edge Team to develop firmware, kernel modules, and OS-critical components, with a focus on secure, scalable systems across heterogeneous hardware.

Qualifications

• Active TS Clearance.
• 4+ years in OS/Kernel, RTOS, embedded design, microkernel, or bare-metal.
• Experience in C and Rust.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded system firmware including low-level drivers, bootloaders, and OS-critical functions.
• Contribute to OS integration and kernel-level modules, ensuring efficient communication between hardware abstraction layers and higher-level system software.
• Design and implement application-layer features and system services that leverage firmware interfaces, optimizing for performance, resource use, and robustness.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other engineering teams to debug complex issues spanning firmware, operating system, and application boundaries.
• Collaborate closely with the deployment engineering team, solving technical challenges for various customer requirements

Skills

Embedded systems

Firmware development

OS/Kernel development

C and Rust programming

Low-level hardware understanding

Travel 5-20%

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

Job description

Swoop Technologies is building a distributed operating system, SwoopOS, to decompose the world’s equipment into distributed blocks for AI, robotics, and agentic systems. This hybrid role is based in Minneapolis/St.

Paul or Washington, DC, requiring in-office presence 3+ days per week. You will join our Edge Team to develop firmware, kernel modules, and OS-critical components, with a focus on secure, scalable systems across heterogeneous hardware.