Embedded Engineer

Overview

About Sesame:
Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike—with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel natural and human. We are designing a new kind of computer, focused on making voice companions part of our daily lives. Our team includes founders from Oculus and Ubiquity6, alongside leaders from Meta, Google, and Apple, with deep expertise spanning hardware and software.

Bringing a new kind of advanced consumer electronics product to life requires rapid firmware bring-up in hardware environments that are tightly integrated with other system parts. We seek an Embedded Systems Engineer who can work across Linux-based, RTOS-based, and bare-metal MCU applications to drive fast and efficient firmware development. You will have experience shipping a wearable consumer product from prototyping through product development and be able to coordinate a distributed team to bring up, use, and debug custom embedded systems.

• Architect, design, implement, and test embedded software running on platforms from low-power MCUs to mobile SOCs.
• Contribute to hardware design, bring up and debug through part selection, interface definition, driver development, tooling development, and support.
• Define and continuously improve firmware development, debug, and CI workflow and environment.
• Contribute to software development for interfacing to embedded systems from PC or network equipment for data collection, testing, and calibration.
• Understand requirements and architecture of higher-level software components, lead integration and optimization for running on or interfacing with embedded systems.
• Engage and direct partners to augment embedded systems development capabilities.

• Experience working independently in high-ambiguity environments.
• 5+ years of experience owning and delivering software for complex embedded systems.
• Mastery of C/C++, Python, and firmware build and debugging tools.
• Experience shipping and supporting a complex product including custom sensors, real-time computing, human-machine interaction, and custom batteries.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  Bootloaders, Linux/AOSP, Zephyr/FreeRTOS, DSP/ISP, Bluetooth/WiFi/Ethernet, USB, and MIPI.
• Comfortable using electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Passion for learning, and experimentation evidenced by side projects or learning endeavors.
• BS or MS in EE, CE, CS, or equivalent.

• Experience with wearable electronics, computer vision, audio, or IoT applications.
• Experience with CI/CD infrastructure.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks and deployment.
• Experience with Nordic, Qualcomm, and/or embedded ML accelerators is a plus. Experience with IoT devices is a plus. Experience with ARM and/or RISCV is a plus.

$175K – $280K

San Francisco, Bellevue

Full time

On-site

• 401k matching
• 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Flexible spending account matching (medical FSA)

Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers

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