Embedded Engineer

Job Description

What You'll Be Doing

• Writing and maintaining embedded C on Linux-based set-top box / CPE platforms
• Working within the RDK (Reference Design Kit) stack – middleware, drivers, and app layer integration
• Contributing to a growing Rust footprint as the team modernizes parts of the platform
• Debugging low-level issues across hardware, drivers, and the middleware layer.
• Collaborating with hardware, QA, and platform teams to ship reliable video experiences to real customers, at scale
• Working directly with chipset vendors and SoC documentation as needed

What They're Looking For

• Strong, hands-on experience with C in an embedded Linux environment
• Direct experience with WIFI
• Working knowledge of Rust, or a real appetite to get sharp on it fast
• Comfortable with the usual embedded toolkit: cross-compilation, debuggers (gdb), version control, build systems (Yocto/Buildroot a plus)
• Background in set-top boxes, broadcast devices, gateways, or similar consumer video/CPE hardware

Nice to Have

• Experience with video pipelines, DRM, or conditional access systems
• Familiarity with kernel drivers or bootloader-level work (U-Boot, etc.)
• Prior work with a specific SoC vendor (Broadcom, Amlogic, Realtek, etc.)
• Prior work with RDK

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