Software Engineer, Specialist (Embedded Systems)
Meta· Engineering
Hybrid (Menlo Park, CA)$184k - $257kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Embedded systems-focused role to convert domain expertise into training signals for Meta's frontier coding models, analyzing low-level engineering challenges, and delivering optimized models through hands-on development and system-level guidance.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, design, operations, infrastructure) to help Meta's AI model build platforms for Android, Linux & RTOSes (Zephyr, FreeRTOS)
- Analyze and optimize code for quality, efficiency, and performance, and provide feedback to peers during code reviews
- Set direction and goals for teams, lead major initiatives, provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers, and help onboard new team members
- Architect efficient and scalable systems that drive complex applications
- Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt
- Work on a variety of coding languages and technologies
- Establish ownership of components, features, or systems with expert end-to-end understanding
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of experience in embedded software engineering, including development in C or C++ for resource-constrained systems
- Experience developing and debugging software across multiple embedded platforms, including RTOS environments and Linux or AOSP on application processors
- Experience writing device drivers or hardware abstraction layers for peripherals such as sensors, power management ICs, displays, or communication buses (I2C, SPI, UART, USB)
- Experience building telemetry, logging, or monitoring infrastructure to track embedded system health and diagnose production issues at scale
- Experience developing automated test infrastructure for embedded systems, including hardware-in-the-loop testing, on-device automation, or CI pipelines targeting embedded targets
- Experience debugging complex cross-layer embedded issues using tools such as JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, or static analysis tools
Skills
Required:C/C++RTOSLinux / AOSPDevice drivers / HIPLsTelemetry / observabilityAutomated testing for embeddedDebugging tools
Benefits
- bonus
- equity
- comprehensive benefits package
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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