Grove Safety

About the Company

We build connected safety devices that prevent life-threatening events in buildings. If your firmware fails, people notice—so it can’t.

About the Role

As a Firmware Engineer, you will tackle various challenges related to embedded Linux and connectivity, ensuring the reliability and performance of our safety devices.

Responsibilities

• Bring up and harden Debian-based BSPs on modern ARM SoCs (device tree, kernel, drivers).
• Ship production C/C++ code for real-time sensor ingest, wireless comms, and fault handling.
• Craft Python tooling for automated test, OTA updates, and manufacturing diagnostics.
• Debug at the bench with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and hardcore signal-integrity thinking.
• Integrate Wi-Fi, BLE, mesh*¹, and MQTT into a unified connectivity stack.
• Slash boot time, memory, and power until the hardware team smiles.
• Partner daily with cloud, AI, and hardware to launch features at startup speed.

*¹ Experience with any low-power mesh (Thread, Zigbee, proprietary 802.15.4, etc.) counts.

Qualifications

• 4+ years delivering embedded-Linux products in the field (Debian or Yocto).
• Hands-on BSP/driver work for ARM-based SoCs (NXP, TI, Qualcomm, etc.).
• Solid RTOS chops (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or bare-metal).
• Fluency in C, C++, Python, Bash, Git.
• Real deployments using Wi-Fi, BLE, MQTT, and at least one mesh protocol.
• Serious bench-level debug skills (JTAG, logic analyzer, scope).
• U.S. work authorization and enthusiasm for being onsite with real hardware.

Required Skills

• Secure-boot or TPM experience.
• Kernel driver work on audio, camera, or custom sensors.
• Prior startup success (shipping under brutal constraints).

Preferred Skills

• Onsite first – rapid iteration demands hands on the bench.
• Direct access – founders, hardware, and cloud teams at arm’s length.
• Zero bureaucracy – best idea wins; politics lose.
• Impact over ego – firmware is mission-critical, lives depend on it

Location – San Jose, CA (onsite majority of the week, limited remote flexibility)

Level – Mid/Senior (4 – 10 yrs) | Travel – light

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Stock options

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• OS Kernels: 4 years (Required)
• Linux: 4 years (Required)
• Drivers: 4 years (Required)
• Thread Network: 1 year (Preferred)
• Logic Analyzer: 2 years (Preferred)
• Oscilloscope : 2 years (Preferred)
• Audio / Video Streaming: 2 years (Preferred)
• Touch Panels: 1 year (Preferred)
• Python: 4 years (Required)
• C++: 4 years (Required)

Location:

• San Jose, CA 95129 (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• San Jose, CA 95129 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• San Jose, CA 95129: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person