AI-Native Junior Embedded Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Albany, Auckland 0752, New Zealand; onsite, full-time

Company

Builds systems that protect landmark buildings and help keep millions of people safe, combining startup pace with proven scale.

What you will do

• Build next-generation systems for secure and sustainable buildings using AI, digital identity, and video.
• Develop production-grade embedded software for door devices and building controllers.
• Work in small autonomous teams and own problems end to end.
• Define problems, use AI agents to build solutions, and validate them on real hardware.
• Explore AI-first tools and techniques and help shape how they are used across the team.
• Develop expertise in security systems spanning silicon, identity, video, and cloud.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in software engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• Up to three years of experience.
• Hands-on experience with embedded fundamentals such as microcontrollers, real-time systems, or device communications through study, work, or personal projects.
• Experience building software with AI tools.
• Completed independent software or hardware projects.
• Ability to take ownership of problems and deliver completed solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time, entry-level role in an R&D environment.
• Small autonomous teams with end-to-end ownership.
• Support from senior engineers and a diverse team while learning a multidisciplinary stack.
• Opportunity to ship from the first days and shape the organisation's AI-first engineering practices.

Hiring process

• Show what you have built and explain the story behind your software or hardware projects.