Senior Firmware Engineer - San Jose - Trackonomy

Description

Join the Trackonomy Team
At Trackonomy, our employee value proposition champions your growth through varied responsibilities and a commitment to innovation. Join us to evolve professionally in a company that reshapes both industries and individuals.
Connection & Community: You're essential to Trackonomy's mission, and every team member is regarded as a founder. Collectively, our goal is to make a lasting impact on the world, making every endeavor at Trackonomy a meaningful journey.
Growth & Development: Dive into diverse roles and learn from our seasoned leaders. Your potential and passion define your trajectory here. We value innovation and offer unparalleled opportunities, making your career journey transformative. At Trackonomy, your growth is multifaceted. Collaborate and learn directly from senior leaders across various departments. Here, your potential-fueled by capability, passion, and results-determines the scope of your role. At Trackonomy, merit and opportunity outweigh mere experience. It's a level playing field, offering unique opportunities not found elsewhere.
Impact: Trackonomy is dedicated to impactful tech solutions that better our world. From fire prevention to enhanced security, our innovations don't just change industries; they save lives. Join us to be part of meaningful change.
About Trackonomy
At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC.
Our executive leadership team has experience working together for over two decades, having previously held key roles in the C-suites of renowned companies such as Flextronics, Heptagon, GT-Nexus, and Digital Motors Corporation. Together, we have engineered a revolutionary technology that is yielding extraordinary results.
Are you ready to be a part of the next chapter in Silicon Valley's hyper-growth IoT success story?
You will be a core engineer of our early-stage team. We work on everything from machine learning, to security, to high performance computing, to IoT devices, to dynamic web apps, etc. Don't be surprised if you get to touch every system while you work here, often teaming up with other team members on critical work. Some examples of projects you may work on:
Candidates must be comfortable working with microcontrollers and low-level hardware control in a test-driven development environment.
The ideal candidate will have experience working with wireless communications modules, IoT technologies, RF protocols and have great troubleshooting and prototyping skills.
Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics Engineering
• At least 6+ years of embedded software development with emphasis on C/C++
• Background in real-time embedded systems
• Extensive work in firmware development, testing, and system-level bring-up and debugging
• Skilled in bench modifications and rapid prototyping of hardware/firmware solutions
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Effective collaborator who shares knowledge, learns from others, and supports cross-functional teams
• Self-starter with strong motivation and ownership mentality

Preferred Skills

• Background in IoT systems and wireless/wired communication protocols, including BLE, LoRa, and LoRaWAN
• Skilled in firmware development on ARM-based microcontrollers and processors; familiarity with Nordic devices is a plus
• Knowledge of cellular protocols such as LTE, LTE-M/NB-IoT, and industrial wireless electronics
• Hands-on work with cellular modems and GPS/GNSS systems
• Ability to develop device drivers for sensors and communication modems
• Strong understanding of subsystem interfaces such as UART, I2C, SPI, and other standard chip-level protocols
• Proficiency in low-power embedded development, including performing power profiling on target devices
• Knowledge of firmware development best practices including testing, documentation, debugging, and code review
• Understanding of PCB design using schematic capture and layout tools (Eagle/Altium preferred)
• Capability to design bootloaders and implement firmware-over-the-air updates
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python preferred)
• Ability to read and interpret complex electrical schematics
• Strong foundation in microcontrollers and embedded peripheral driver development
• Knowledge of embedded networking protocols such as RSTP, PTP, LLDP, and UDP/TCP is a plus

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $200,000, plus bonuses and Pre-IPO equity. It is uncommon for anyone to be hired at or near the top range for their role, and final compensation is based on the facts and circumstances of the case. The compensation range is broad because it reflects many factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience, and training directly relevant to the role, business and company needs, cultural fit, level, and location.
Why Trackonomy Systems is a Great Place to work:
Culture and Belonging: Our company's culture isn't something you join, it's something you help build. You will be a role model and live our Vision, Mission, and Values.
Perks: Trackonomy Systems understands that personal wellness is one of the keys to a happy, healthy and productive work environment. We offer Platinum level Health benefits, Flexible and Health Savings Accounts, Commuter benefits, and an Employee Assistance Program. We also understand you are planning for the future, so we offer a Pre-IPO equity and a 401k plan.
Career Growth: Trackonomy Systems is invested in the growth of our team members and understands that frequent, two-way feedback is critical to that growth. We encourage regular one-on-ones with your manager, a regular schedule of performance reviews, learning and development opportunities, whether that be towards being a great manager, being a great individual contributor, or a lateral move to gain breadth of knowledge and experience.
Trackonomy Systems is proud to ensure equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, medical condition, genetic information, marital or registered domestic partnership status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.
We strive to provide a stellar experience throughout the application process and ensure all applicants will be given proper consideration based solely on merit and Trackonomy's business needs.
Trackonomy Systems is dedicated to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability while interviewing, please contact