Senior Embedded Camera Firmware Engineer

Alarm.com; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office four days a week

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Alarm.com seeks an experienced embedded software engineer for the Device Engineering team to design and implement software for the camera line, interfacing with sensors, modules, and peripherals on ARM-based platforms.

You will collaborate with hardware and cloud teams to ensure performance, reliability, and secure device-to-cloud connectivity across residential and commercial properties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5–10 years of embedded software development experience with Embedded Linux platforms.
• Proficient in C++ with familiarity of RTOS (FreeRTOS, ThreadX) and bare-metal programming.
• Experience with embedded systems and hardware interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet).
• Knowledge of build systems, firmware upgrade mechanisms, and low-level debugging.
• Understanding of protocols (Bluetooth, BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa) and security.
• Experience with source control (Git).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test embedded software for camera platforms (ARM, microcontrollers, SoCs).
• Develop firmware and hardware abstraction layers to interface with sensors, modules, and peripherals.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers for board bring-up and troubleshooting.
• Optimize software for performance, reliability, and resource usage.
• Develop and execute unit and integration tests; debug with oscilloscopes and analyzers.
• Document code and designs; support production, QA, and field teams.

Skills

Embedded Linux

C++

RTOS

UART

SPI

I2C

CAN

Ethernet

Git

Firmware development

Device drivers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Job description

Alarm.com seeks an experienced embedded software engineer for the Device Engineering team to design and implement software for the camera line, interfacing with sensors, modules, and peripherals on ARM-based platforms.

You will collaborate with hardware and cloud teams to ensure performance, reliability, and secure device-to-cloud connectivity across residential and commercial properties.