Fleet Software Engineer: Imaging, OTA & Jetson Platforms

Allen Control Systems; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

ACS Equity Package

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Allen Control Systems is seeking a Software Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to own the software that builds, provisions, updates, and manages our fleet of autonomous systems in the field. You will deliver the imaging, deployment, and fleet-management layer that everything else ships on.

We hire across multiple levels, from Associate to Senior Staff. The role focuses on imaging pipelines, OTA updates, system services, and factory integration, requiring strong Python and shell skills and solid

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong proficiency in Python and shell; comfort reading/modifying C++ as needed.
• Deep Linux fundamentals: services, networking, filesystems, boot process, package management.
• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux and/or single-board compute (NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Jetson imaging and provisioning pipelines for repeatable, reliable device bringup.
• Develop the fleet agent and over-the-air (OTA) update system for safely updating software across deployed units.
• Own system services, startup/bringup sequencing, and host-level configuration (systemd, networking, security hardening).
• Work with Embedded Systems to define manufacturing ATP test and diagnostic hooks for the production line.

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

C++ reading

Linux fundamentals

Embedded Linux

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE

Tools

JetPack/L4T

Yocto

Mender/RAUC

Embedded Linux build systems

Job description

Allen Control Systems is seeking a Software Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to own the software that builds, provisions, updates, and manages our fleet of autonomous systems in the field. You will deliver the imaging, deployment, and fleet-management layer that everything else ships on.

We hire across multiple levels, from Associate to Senior Staff. The role focuses on imaging pipelines, OTA updates, system services, and factory integration, requiring strong Python and shell skills and solid