Verkada Inc.

Senior Embedded Engineer - Connectivity

Verkada Inc.$180K — $300K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience acceptable
  • 4+ years of embedded engineering experience
  • Proficient in C, C++, or Go programming languages
  • Experience owning software features or projects from inception to production launch
  • Familiarity with low-level hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART) and knowledge of FreeRTOS and Embedded Linux is preferred
  • Experience with networking and wireless communication protocols is advantageous
  • Basic electrical engineering skills, such as reading schematics, preferred
  • Willingness to work onsite five days a week

Responsibilities

  • Build software and firmware for customer-shipped devices
  • Own the full engineering cycle from scoping to development and testing
  • Utilize methodical problem solving and debugging skills
  • Mentor junior engineers and support their development
  • Collaborate with product management and cross-functional teams to enhance user experience
  • Contribute to other areas of the tech stack, such as backend services
  • Adopt a growth mindset and learn new technologies pertinent to product development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare programs with 100% premium coverage for employees
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Health Savings Account with employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
  • Flexible paid time off including holidays and personal sick days
  • Professional development stipend for career growth
  • Wellness and fitness incentives, including daily healthy lunches
  • Commuter benefits to ease travel costs
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are actively looking for experienced firmware engineers to join the Connectivity team. As a senior member and lead of the Connectivity team, you will be the architect and developer in a broad range of projects. You will work closely with Product and other Engineers to develop the next generation Connectivity products.
What You'll Do
  • Be responsible for building the software and firmware that goes onto the devices we ship to our customers
  • Own the full engineering cycle end to end, including scoping, architecture and low level design, solutions trade-off, development with test driven and data driven methods
  • Proven track record of methodical problem solving skills, debugging skills and overall excellent logical thinking skills. Strong motivation to build quality products that are reliable, performant and sustainable
  • Growth mindset and willingness to learn new technologies that are critical to product development
  • Work with product management and cross functional teams to build and ship features that delight users and customers
  • Help mentor other engineers
  • Contribute to other parts of the stack (e.g. our backend services), if that interests you
What You Bring
  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or closely related degree or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years of work experience in an embedded engineering role
  • Proficient in C, C++ or Go
  • Prior work experience in owning SW features or projects end to end with production launch is a major plus
  • Prior work experience in SW development on HW products, for example, working knowledge of common low-level interfaces: SPI, I2C, UART, working knowledge of FreeRTOS and Embedded Linux (preferred)
  • Experience with networking and wireless communication protocols (preferred)
  • Experience programming in Go and Python (preferred)
  • Experience reading schematics (basic EE skills) (preferred)
  • Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week
US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
  • Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
  • Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
  • Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
  • Professional development stipend
  • Fertility Stipend
  • Wellness/fitness benefits
  • Healthy lunches provided daily
  • Commuter benefits
Additional Information:
  • We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.


Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$180,000-$300,000 USD

About Verkada Inc.

Verkada Inc. is a technology company that specializes in security cameras and video surveillance systems. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Verkada's cameras are designed to be easy to install and use, and they offer features such as facial recognition and license plate recognition. The company's customers include schools, hospitals, and businesses. Verkada has raised over $140 million in funding to date and is backed by several venture capital firms.
Learn more about Verkada Inc.
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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