Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - Android/Linux BSP

Crestron Electronics Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Crestron Electronics Inc. is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer for the Android/Linux BSP team in Plano, TX. You will design, develop, debug, and support embedded software across Android/Linux platforms, working through the full SDLC and interfacing with hardware engineers.

The role requires 5–8 years of hands-on embedded software experience, strong C and C++, and familiarity with U-Boot/kernel, device trees, Android HAL, and device drivers. Strong problem solving and scripting skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is required.
• MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• 5-8 years of proven experience developing and debugging embedded software for Linux/Android based products.
• Must have strong C, C++ skills.
• Experience with Embedded Linux U-Boot/kernel development and customization, Linux Device Tree development, Android HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer).
• Device driver development, optimizations, bug fixing, add new functionality (display, power management, wifi, GPIO, etc)
• Debugging issues within the Android Framework and Linux Kernel.
• Ability to independently read and understand electrical schematics
• Working with source control tools such as Git, Gerrit, GitHub, and with Android command line tools such as adb and fastboot.
• Debugging embedded systems where step debugging may not be available.
• HW accelerated graphics processing (OpenGL ES) is beneficial.
• Google’s AOSP architecture developing Android framework services, Android Native applications (JNI / NDK) or system applications in JAVA or Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, debug and maintain embedded real time applications for Android/Linux based products C, & C++ development environments.
• Embedded Linux Kernel / OS development on ARM based platforms including configuration management, build, deployment, hardware interfaces, device driver, device tree
• Work closely with other software and hardware engineers to solve design issues.
• Responsible for design and implementation of new device features on multiple platforms
• Responsible for the maintenance of current software including: feature enhancements, performance increases, troubleshooting, testing, and bug fixing.
• Interfacing software applications with other devices and control systems
• Providing technical documentation (test procedures, design specifications, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

C

C++

Embedded Linux

Android

Device drivers

Debugging

Git

Gerrit

GitHub

adb

fastboot

Device Tree

Education

BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Git

Gerrit

GitHub

adb

fastboot

Device Tree

Job description

Crestron Electronics Inc. is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer for the Android/Linux BSP team in Plano, TX. You will design, develop, debug, and support embedded software across Android/Linux platforms, working through the full SDLC and interfacing with hardware engineers.

The role requires 5–8 years of hands-on embedded software experience, strong C and C++, and familiarity with U-Boot/kernel, device trees, Android HAL, and device drivers. Strong problem solving and scripting skills are a plus.