Device Engineer II

🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts
$1K - $1K Annual
Posted 4 weeks ago
Expires June 9, 2026
Full TimeOn-siteEngineering

is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Embedded Firmware Engineer to join our Device Engineering team. This role is ideal for engineers with 2–3 years of experience who are excited to work closely with hardware, modern embedded firmware architectures, and integrate with a growing ecosystem of third-party devices used in security and smart home applications.

In this position, you will design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware for connected security and cellular IoT devices. Responsibilities include integrating and validating third-party devices such as security panels, sensors, and peripheral modules, contributing to the transition of existing firmware architectures to modern RTOS-based platforms, and implementing and maintaining device drivers, communication stacks, and application-level logic. Collaboration with Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Product, and Project Management teams is essential to define requirements, resolve issues, and deliver features on schedule. Additionally, you will debug and troubleshoot issues across hardware and software boundaries using lab tools and logging frameworks, and help build, maintain, and enhance automated testing, build systems, and CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Required qualifications include 1–3 years of professional experience developing embedded firmware in C/C++, experience working on microcontroller-based systems in a production environment, familiarity with RTOS concepts such as tasks, scheduling, synchronization, and memory management, experience integrating external devices or peripherals using common interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, etc.), strong debugging skills, and comfort working with hardware tools (JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes). The ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional engineering teams is also essential.

offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees holistically—in their health, finances, and life outside of work. The package includes medical plans with company subsidies, a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution, and a 401(k) with an employer match. The company encourages a healthy work-life balance with paid vacation that increases with tenure, paid holidays, wellness time, and paid maternity and bonding leave. Additionally, provides company-paid disability and life insurance, all within a collaborative and casual work environment.

is the leading platform for intelligently connected properties. Millions of homeowners and businesses rely on technology to secure, monitor, and manage their environments from anywhere. The company's comprehensive suite of solutions—including security, video surveillance, access control, active shooter detection, intelligent automation, energy management, and wellness—is delivered exclusively through a trusted network of thousands of professional service providers and commercial integrators across North America and worldwide. common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. delivers serious security for serious people.

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