Sr. Firmware Engineer

Company Overview

Flock Safety provides the first public safety operating system that empowers private communities and law enforcement to work together to eliminate crime. We are committed to protecting human privacy and mitigating bias in policing with the development of best-in-class technology rooted in ethical design, which unites civilians and public servants in pursuit of a safer, more equitable society. 

Our Safety-as-a-Service approach includes affordable devices powered by LTE and solar that can be installed anywhere.  Our technology detects and captures objective details, decodes evidence in real-time and delivers investigative leads into the hands of those who matter. 

While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fun relationships even when we are physically apart. Our flock of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta and operates nationwide. We have raised over $380M in venture capital including a recent Series E round led by Tiger Global.  Now surpassing a 3B valuation, Flock is scaling quickly and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

The Role

Flock is looking to add a Sr. Firmware Engineer to our Device Firmware Team. Our device team is made up of badass engineers who are responsible for all of the code running on a variety of devices Flock deploys in the real world. They enable the whole experience by creating firmware that reliably captures, processes, and uploads billions of images per day for years at a time without needing human interaction to keep them running.

How you'll make an impact:

• Integrate and port SoC (Linux/Android) BSP to Flock hardware platforms
• Bring-up new hardware device(s) to run Linux/Android (AOSP) OS, working with SoC vendors and other partners
• Work closely with the Hardware, Framework and Application teams to design and enable needed functionality in Android-based devices
• Develop, review, port, test, and debug Linux device drivers and Android HAL implementations for devices (e.g. cameras, environmental sensors, power systems, etc.)
• Ensure the stability and robustness of the system software from ideation through production and launch
• Work effectively across a variety of engineering teams to resolve issues and enable new features
• Work with systems designed for ultimate redundancy and high availability
• Design, develop, test, deploy, improve and maintain full ownership of device firmware components throughout the product lifecycle
• Balance performance with energy consumption - we're a machine learning enabled media processing machine powered by a battery and solar power
• Integrate multiple IoT devices together to share data to help each other understand and respond to the environment including microcontroller-based solutions working side-by-side with Android/Linux devices
• Improve the quality, functionality and security of the platform and devices

We're looking for people who:

• Have a strong desire to understand the root cause of a problem and deliver a robust solution.
• Have development experience within embedded systems/firmware design at multiple stages of the product life cycle (pre-production, release, scaling, etc.)
• Have strong experience coding in C (C++ is a bonus!)
• Have experience with Linux kernel and device driver development
• Have experience in dealing with complex systems and codebases (HALs, sub-systems, etc)
• Have experience bringing up Linux and/or Android devices
• Have experience with Android system architecture (HAL, Android Linux Kernel, Android Build System, etc.)
• Are comfortable working in a fully Linux development environment including custom tooling, Docker containers, Git/Repo, etc.

Our Tech

If you noticed, the above list says very little about specific coding skills. We believe the right person for this role is much more than a great engineer. But to get into the nitty gritty, technology we work with on the daily looks like:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Series and 8 Series
• Android Open Source Project (AOSP) 8.1 and 10
• Kotlin
• Some Java and C++ when we have to
• Room/sqlite3
• OpenCV
• Tensorflow
• Sierra Wireless RIL
• Custom TCP and UDP protocols for content delivery
• Silicon Labs BLE Microcontrollers

Why Join Us?

Choosing where you are interested in interviewing is a big decision. We hope we can make that choice a bit easier with an inside look at what we offer:

• We have raised over $380M in venture capital and are backed by some of the top VCs, including a16z, Tiger Global, Meritech and more
• 94% of our employees recommend working here
• We have an audacious goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% over the next three years
• 3% of crimes in the US are solved by Flock, and we help to solve ~200 crimes a day
• We partner with 2100+ cities and 1500+ agencies across the US and process 1B+ images a month (we process more images than Instagram 🤯 )

Employee Benefits

• In this role, every full-time employee receives equity (stock options) in the company and a starting salary between $155,000-$190,000.
• We offer unlimited PTO and twelve paid holidays 
• We offer fully-paid health benefits plan for employees, including Medical, Dental and Vision
• We provide 16 weeks of 100% paid leave for primary caregivers and six weeks of 100% paid leave for secondary caregivers 
• We provide $150 per month work from home allowance 
• We provide a $250 per year L&D stipend that can be used on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, and so much more
• Each new hire receives a one-time stipend of $750 to assist with expenses that come with setting up a home office
• We provide employees who are not local to the ATL headquarters with coworking space access paid for by Flock 

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together._