Firmware Engineer

About Fellow

We believe that the act of making should be meaningful and fulfilling, done with intention and precision. Fellow makes beautifully functional tools for any kitchen, designed in San Francisco and used around the world. When the simple motions of life become small moments of joy, that's Everyday Magic.™

We’re looking for a Firmware Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable UI and communication firmware for our IoT platform. 

This role is based in our office in San Francisco, CA and is required to have an in office presence. 

Who You Are

We are a small, agile team passionate about delivering high-quality experiences across on-device firmware, backend systems, and mobile apps. These experiences enable our customers to interact with Fellow’s connected products. 

You will be responsible for the development, maintenance, and optimization of our backend systems and IoT infrastructure. Your role will be critical in ensuring seamless connectivity between our hardware devices, mobile app, and cloud backend.

What You’ll Do

• System Architecture: work closely with partner teams to understand the product definition and architecture of the system that can deliver required features and performance. Leverage AI to design the firmware Architecture for UX based on PRD (product requirements document
• Analytics: Own analytics for user interactions, on-device Business Intelligence, and stability analysis. Proactively address issues at staging before they go into production.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the software development, product management, and QA teams to ensure that the entire development and release process is smooth and efficient. 
• Identify potential risks in software development and create strategies to mitigate them, ensuring the safety and efficacy of our appliances.
• UI: Develop, and maintain robust and scalable UI architecture for our IoT devices using LVGL. Develop a UI library that supports all future IoT devices. Work with designers to implement a highly responsive and stable UI. Assist BSP and control firmware engineers to set up simple but proper UI elements for factory tests.
• UI Communication to Lower Layer: Maintain and upgrade our internal communication transfer layer (aka Brista). Enable communication to external hosts (like a desktop/laptop computer) through serial (at early prototype stage) and wifi (at later mass production stage).
• Integration of AI: 
• Heavily involved in defining and implementing AI workflow
• Design and implementation: Leverage AI to improve efficiency to convert Figma Design to real implementation.
• Code Review: help integrate AI for code review, and other activities on GitHub

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in firmware engineering, with experience in real-time operating systems (RTOS); C/C++
• System architecture, memory architecture and performance benchmarking.
• Extensive experience with End-to-End testing on a connected device, which is connected to a mobile app and AWS backend.
• Strong understanding of what analytics can help improve user experience and provide product insights in the field.
• Hands-on experience with development and debugging using devkit and real devices. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MQTT or other IoT communication protocols.
• Familiarity with testing and debugging for IoT hardware devices.
• Experience with mobile app integration.
• Familiarity with managing OTA to large device fleets.
• Familiarity with security practices for IoT devices, including encryption, secure boot, and anti-tampering.
• Familiarity with hardware interfaces and programming for flashing firmware to embedded devices.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Creative, fast-moving environment where ideas turn into action.
• Competitive compensation including employee equity plan
• Generous paid time off plan
• 401k with company contribution after 6 months of employment
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Better Yourself Wellness credit & Better Your Community donation matching
• Monthly Fitness Stipend
• Summer Fridays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous discount on Fellow products
• Best coffee anywhere

Salary Range: $180,000-200,000 

Our highest goal at Fellow is creating a safe, inclusive, and rewarding environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and thrive. We are committed to building diverse teams and strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. 

Fellow is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.