Senior Embedded Linux Engineer — Hybrid

NRG; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

401K

FSA

Job summary

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, seeks an experienced software engineer to develop for embedded Linux platforms in a hybrid Seattle-based role. The position starts remote and progresses to a hybrid schedule with in-office presence on Monday–Thursday and a WFH day on Friday.

You will work on low-level software, build systems, and IoT protocols, collaborating with hardware teams to bring up boards and integrate BSPs. A BS in CS/CE and 5+ years of experience are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience.
• BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Strong proficiency in C and modern C++.
• Deep understanding of the embedded Linux ecosystem (kernel, device drivers, and the boot chain: bootloader, device tree, init).
• Hands-on experience building and customizing Linux distributions using Yocto, Buildroot, or similar.
• Proven track record with board bring-up and debugging at the hardware/software boundary (reading schematics/datasheets; utilizing JTAG, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes).
• Experience evaluating and integrating vendor- or partner-delivered BSPs and drivers.
• Experience with Python or Rust.
• Solid understanding of common web/IoT protocols ( MQTT, JSON, Protobufs).
• Proficiency with compiling, cross-compiling, unit testing, and debugging within Linux environments.

Skills

C

C++

Embedded Linux

Hardware debugging

BSP integration

Python

Rust

MQTT

JSON

Protobufs

SoC platforms

Education

BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

5+ years of professional software development experience

Tools

Yocto

Buildroot

Job description

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, seeks an experienced software engineer to develop for embedded Linux platforms in a hybrid Seattle-based role. The position starts remote and progresses to a hybrid schedule with in-office presence on Monday–Thursday and a WFH day on Friday.

You will work on low-level software, build systems, and IoT protocols, collaborating with hardware teams to bring up boards and integrate BSPs. A BS in CS/CE and 5+ years of experience are required.