Device & Embedded Systems Architect

Position: Device & Embedded Systems Architect

Location: Remote

Long Term

Qualifications Required:

12-15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years focused on embedded systems, device software, or mobile platform engineering.

Deep, hands-on expertise in Android platform development—AOSP customization, system app development, HAL implementation, and platform security (dm-verity, SELinux policies, Verified Boot).

Proven experience designing and operating OTA update infrastructure for production consumer device fleets.

Strong knowledge of device management concepts and hands-on experience with MDM/EMM platforms at scale (e.g., Android Enterprise, VMware Workspace ONE, Canonical Landscape, or similar).

Experience architecting embedded telemetry systems—protocol selection (MQTT, CoAP, HTTPS), edge buffering, and integration with cloud ingestion pipelines.

Proficiency with embedded Linux, kernel modules, device trees, and low-level hardware bring-up concepts.

Demonstrated ability to produce clear, actionable architecture documentation and influence engineering decisions across teams.

Preferred:

8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years focused on embedded systems, device software, or mobile platform engineering.

Deep, hands-on expertise in Android platform development—AOSP customization, system app development, HAL implementation, and platform security (dm-verity, SELinux policies, Verified Boot).

Proven experience designing and operating OTA update infrastructure for production consumer device fleets.

Strong knowledge of device management concepts and hands-on experience with MDM/EMM platforms at scale (e.g., Android Enterprise, VMware Workspace ONE, Canonical Landscape, or similar).

Experience architecting embedded telemetry systems—protocol selection (MQTT, CoAP, HTTPS), edge buffering, and integration with cloud ingestion pipelines.

Proficiency with embedded Linux, kernel modules, device trees, and low-level hardware bring-up concepts.

Demonstrated ability to produce clear, actionable architecture documentation and influence engineering decisions across teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Architecture & Design

Define and own the reference architecture for all device endpoints across ClearCaptions and ClearWellness, ensuring consistency, security, and scalability across brands.

Lead architectural design of the Android-based device platform including HAL customizations, system services, inter-process communication patterns, and security hardening.

Establish firmware and embedded software architecture standards: bootloader configuration, recovery partitions, secure enclave usage, and hardware abstraction layers.

Design the OTA update framework from scratch or evaluate and adapt open-source solutions (e.g., libchromeos-update-engine, RAUC) to meet ClearCaptions' reliability and scale requirements.

Architect device telemetry systems that balance data richness with network constraints, defining schemas and ingestion patterns that plug into enterprise data pipelines.