Remote Embedded Linux Engineer (C/C++, Yocto/Buildroot)

intent; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Office in Warsaw

Job summary

intent is seeking an Embedded / Firmware Engineer for freelance, time & material work across Cortex-A, Raspberry Pi-class, or Cortex-M platforms. You’ll design, bring up, and customize embedded Linux systems, and work with hardware teams to debug from schematics to software.

The role transitions to a core team with fixed salary and full benefits upon mutual fit. The position emphasizes hands-on C/C++, driver work, and secure boot/cryptography, with a fully remote setup and occasional client

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional embedded or firmware development.
• Strong hands-on experience with C/C++ for embedded systems.
• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto Project or Buildroot.
• Good understanding of the Linux kernel, device drivers, and the device tree.
• Experience with bootloaders, particularly U‑Boot.
• CI/CD experience for embedded projects (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Experience with embedded constraints: timing, memory, peripherals, boot time, and power consumption.
• Comfort reading schematics, datasheets, technical documentation, and errata.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain a custom embedded Linux distribution using Yocto or Buildroot.
• Bring up new hardware platforms, working closely with hardware team to debug issues from schematics to software.
• Develop and maintain the BSP and bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), and customize the Linux kernel, including writing and debugging drivers (I2C, SPI, UART, MIPI-CSI/DSI).
• Write robust, efficient C/C++ code for system services and applications.
• Optimize system performance: boot time, memory usage, and power consumption.
• Implement and maintain system security features such as Secure Boot and encrypted filesystems.
• Debug firmware and hardware-adjacent issues using JTAG/SWD, serial logs, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and vendor tooling.
• Collaborate with hardware, mobile, QA, backend, product, and client-side engineering teams to solve cross-functional device problems.
• Participate in requirements discussions, technical planning, architecture decisions, estimations, and delivery planning.
• Test firmware releases, investigate issues found during development or QA, and maintain technical documentation.
• Share knowledge and contribute to better engineering practices within our Firmware & Hardware chapter.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Yocto/Buildroot

U-Boot

JTAG/SWD

Python

Git/GitHub

Device trees

Linux kernel

Tools

Yocto Project

Buildroot

GCC

GitHub Actions

Job description

intent is seeking an Embedded / Firmware Engineer for freelance, time & material work across Cortex-A, Raspberry Pi-class, or Cortex-M platforms. You’ll design, bring up, and customize embedded Linux systems, and work with hardware teams to debug from schematics to software.

The role transitions to a core team with fixed salary and full benefits upon mutual fit. The position emphasizes hands-on C/C++, driver work, and secure boot/cryptography, with a fully remote setup and occasional client