Firmware Engineer Co-op — Hybrid (SF) with Relocation

Samsara Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Remote-friendly

Housing assistance

Relocation assistance

Professional development stipend

Comprehensive health and parentalLeave

Job summary

Samsara’s firmware engineering internship for MCU engineers invites students in CS/CE/EE to build software that runs on millions of devices. You’ll evaluate hardware, bring up new platforms, and implement drivers and data collection across gateway and sensor products.

Join a fast-paced team in a hybrid role based in San Francisco, with 3 days in the office and 2 remote. You’ll gain hands-on experience across the product lifecycle while receiving mentorship and exposure to embedded systems,

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Must have solid C programming skills.
• Familiarity with embedded programming concepts.
• Prior experience with MCU development environments and tools (Segger J-Link, GCC).
• Experience working in bare metal and RTOS-based systems such as Zephyr and/or FreeRTOS.
• Experience in one or more core technologies such as BLE, GPS, LTE and CAN.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with firmware engineers on the team to design, develop and maintain embedded software for our gateway and sensor products
• Bring up new hardware platforms: configuring I/O, debugging interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN and ADC, testing connectivity, validating design and debugging system initialization
• Implement peripheral drivers, secure bootloaders and device firmware update, core management layers (power manager, connectivity manager, etc)
• Design protocols and implement efficient hardware management to optimize energy consumption of battery powered sensors and gateways
• Work cross-functionally with different stakeholders across product, full-stack and quality teams to deliver reliable high quality embedded software
• Gain hands on experience in a fast-paced and innovative environment
• Get valuable mentorship and guidance from experienced firmware engineers
• Be exposed to the entire product development lifecycle, from concept to deployment

Skills

C programming

Embedded concepts

MCU development

Bare metal/RTOS

Sensor/devices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Segger J-Link

GCC

Job description

Samsara’s firmware engineering internship for MCU engineers invites students in CS/CE/EE to build software that runs on millions of devices. You’ll evaluate hardware, bring up new platforms, and implement drivers and data collection across gateway and sensor products.

Join a fast-paced team in a hybrid role based in San Francisco, with 3 days in the office and 2 remote. You’ll gain hands-on experience across the product lifecycle while receiving mentorship and exposure to embedded systems,