Operating System Architect (Embedded OS)

Location: San Jose, United States

Salary: $120,000–$300,000 annually

Company

Builds personalized, multimodal artificial intelligence and next-generation hardware for natural interaction between people and machines.

What you will do

• Define and evolve the embedded operating system architecture and platform strategy across a consumer electronics portfolio.
• Balance performance, power, schedule, scalability, and product dependability.
• Lead software teams through NPI bring-up, prototype builds, validation, production ramp, and sustaining engineering.
• Drive technical decisions across BSP, kernel, middleware, services, and application frameworks for an AI-first platform.
• Establish architecture standards, design reviews, and technical roadmaps.

Requirements

• 10+ years of embedded systems software experience, including 5+ years in a principal- or staff-level architecture role.
• Experience shipping consumer electronics products at scale and leading complete NPI-to-production cycles.
• Deep expertise in embedded Linux, RTOS, or custom operating system stacks.
• Strong knowledge of kernel internals, memory management, scheduler tuning, driver frameworks, and boot architecture.
• Hands-on experience across BSP, middleware, and application layers.
• Strong command of system performance optimization, power management, and scalable architecture patterns.

Nice to have

• Experience shipping products with on-device AI models and hardware acceleration.
• Experience defining OS strategy across product families with different compute, connectivity, and cost profiles.
• Knowledge of secure boot, OTA updates, production provisioning, and high-volume manufacturing workflows.
• Experience with Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Zephyr, Android Open Source, or other open-source embedded projects.
• Background in hardware/software co-design, SoC selection, and custom peripheral integration.

Culture & Benefits

• Work spans hardware, firmware, applications, and program management.
• Role combines hands-on systems engineering with strategic technical leadership and team build-out.
• Additional compensation and benefits may be included depending on the specific role and offer.