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Embedded Software Engineer, BSP

Pay: $120,000 – $300,000 per year
Location: San Jose, CA · On-site
Job type: Full-time
Level: Mid-level
Experience: 5+ years
Listed: 30 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

C/C++
ARM Cortex-M/Cortex-A
BSP development
board bring-up
SPI/I2C/UART peripheral drivers

Also useful

BLE
Wi-Fi
Thread
secure boot
JTAG
embedded Linux

About the Role

The Embedded Software team owns the software running on Hark's next generation of AI hardware, and we are looking for an Embedded BSP Engineer to join the team. You will own critical pieces of the firmware across the stack that powers Hark's consumer products, from board bring-up, vendor code integrations, to custom peripheral drivers and integrations, FPGA-based system integrations, and system power and performance improvements.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain embedded firmware in C/C++ targeting ARM-based SoCs and microcontrollers
Own BSP development, board bring up, peripheral drivers (SPI, I2C, UART, I2S etc.), and system integration
Working closely with vendors on system integration and validation
Working with Hardware and Software team to ensure our hardware are built and functioning to the specifications
Optimize power consumption and thermal performance for always-on, battery-powered operation
Debug complex hardware-software interactions using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and JTAG

Requirements

5+ years of professional firmware or embedded systems development
Strong proficiency in C and/or C++ in resource-constrained environments
Experience with ARM Cortex-M or Cortex-A processors
Hands-on experience with embedded operating systems, such as eLinux, AOSP, VxWorks and RTOSes
Familiarity with wireless protocols (BLE, Wi-Fi, or Thread)
Comfort reading schematics and working alongside hardware engineers during board bring-up
Experience with embedded debugging tools and workflows

Bonus Qualifications

Experience with power optimization for battery-powered consumer devices
Familiarity with secure boot, firmware signing, or hardware root of trust
Exposure to ML inference runtimes on embedded platforms
Experience shipping consumer electronics through EVT/DVT/PVT milestones

Compensation

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $120,000 - $300,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

About Hark

Hark is an artificial intelligence company building advanced, personalized intelligence. One that is proactive, multimodal, and capable of interacting with the world through speech, text, vision, and persistent memory.

We're pairing that intelligence with next-generation hardware to create a universal interface between humans and machines. While today's AI largely operates through chat boxes and decade-old devices, Hark is focused on what comes next: agentic systems that interact naturally with people and the real world.

To get there, we're developing multimodal models and next-generation AI hardware together - designed from the ground up as a single, unified interface for a new era of intelligent systems.

Read the original posting

From Hark's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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