Responsibilities
- Partner with firmware development and product teams to define automation goals, expand coverage, and ensure high-velocity, high-integrity firmware releases.
- Develop and execute comprehensive automated suites targeting RTOS-based embedded systems, including the programmatic validation of connectivity stacks (Cellular, GPS, BLE, WiFi, CAN).
- Scale automation infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and reporting tools to accelerate release cycles and maximize autonomous coverage.
- Perform in-depth root cause analysis on failures identified through automated frameworks and system stress testing.
- Support field validation through automated log analysis and issue triage to ensure firmware resilience in real-world industrial deployments.
- Champion and embed Samsara’s cultural principles as we scale our automation capabilities globally.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems or firmware automation engineering.
- Hands-on expertise building and maintaining HIL environments and custom automated frameworks for physical devices.
- Solid experience automating RTOS-based embedded systems (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or similar).
- High proficiency in Python for sophisticated framework architecture and test development.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Buildkite, Jenkins), version control (Git), and scalable automation architectures.
- Proven ability to perform low-level troubleshooting and root cause analysis on complex embedded hardware.
Nice to Have
- A Product & Owner Mindset: You are obsessed with the "why." You possess deep customer empathy, take full accountability for end-to-end outcomes, and proactively adapt based on feedback to ensure long-term success.
- Experience with Agentic workflows to enable rapid automation prototyping and autonomous development.
- Strong knowledge of Cellular, GPS, BLE, WiFi, and CAN technologies and their associated automation and debug practices.
- Experience with Unix/Linux system network automation and reliability engineering.
- Experience with hardware debugging tools (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, J-Link) to assist in automation development.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- A track record of thriving in high-growth, fast-paced technology organizations.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
