Staff Embedded Systems Test Engineer

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. 

We have raised over $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

Imagine owning the entire automated testing landscape for innovative embedded systems that directly combat crime and make communities safer. At Flock, we're looking for a Staff Embedded Systems Test Engineer to design, implement, and manage the critical infrastructure that guarantees our devices are reliable, performant, and scalable. You'll validate everything from low-level firmware to complex physical interactions. If you're passionate about moving fast, solving tough challenges, and ensuring top-tier quality in a dynamic environment where you can bridge the gap between prototype and production, this is your opportunity to lead our Device Software Quality efforts. You will design, implement, and manage the infrastructure that validates the software on our embedded products, from bare-metal firmware to interactions with the physical world. This role will be a professional generalist who is able to walk the line between scrappy prototype and production polish.

We are looking for people who:

• Have a Masters or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of experience in QA and test automation.

• Have hands-on embedded electronics prototyping experience

• Possess deep expertise in developing and maintaining automated test frameworks for embedded systems.

• Are comfortable interacting with code in multiple languages to create, validate, and profile embedded devices

• Are comfortable working cross-functionally across multiple projects

• Have experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing

• Have experience commercializing electronic hardware in the consumer or industrial IoT space

• Can read schematics and PCB layouts to inform test strategies and aid in debugging

• Have experience with test case management tools (e.g., TestRail, Zephyr) and bug tracking systems (e.g., Jira).

• Have a healthy skepticism of and trust-but-verify relationship with abstraction layers

• Possess effective verbal and written communication skills

• Have humility, curiosity, and a passion for sharing knowledge

The ideal candidate will be comfortable:

• Acting as the glue between embedded hardware, software, and program management

• With bare metal and RTOS code on MCUs

• Translating product goals into technical requirements

• Prototyping and triaging issues on embedded Android and MCU systems

• Interacting with a variety of programming and scripting languages (C, Python, SQL, Kotlin, Matlab, Java, Bash)

• With CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) for automated testing of physical hardware.

Please note: this position will require quarterly travel to our Atlanta HQ lab or other test lab locations in the continental US.

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 90 day plans and believe that good days, lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired in this role at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Develop a comprehensive and thorough understanding of our device portfolio

• Begin developing a strategic plan for a unified, scalable test automation framework.

• Contribute to the testing and bring-up of next generation products

• Identify opportunities for power savings on our existing devices

The First 60 Days

• Create performance profiling dashboards and reports, hardware design guides, application notes, and other relevant technical collaterals

• Prototype, evaluate, and profile new design approaches and system solutions

• Analyze and root cause embedded system and product issues in the Android, MCU code, and hardware domain

90 Days & Beyond

• Own the end-to-end automated testing solution for next-generation products. Work with stakeholders in Hardware, Software, and Operations to define system quality requirements, testing procedures, and integration strategies.

We want our interview process to be a true reflection of our culture: transparent and collaborative. Throughout the interview process, your recruiter will guide you through the next steps and ensure you feel prepared every step of the way.

1. Our First Chat: During this first conversation, you’ll meet with a recruiter to chat through your background, what you could bring to Flock, what you are looking for in your next role, and who we are.

2. The Hiring Manager Interview: You will meet with your potential future boss to really dive into the role, the team, expectations, and what success means at Flock. This is your chance to really nerd out with someone in your field.

3. The Technical Assessment: Our technical assessments seek to test the hard skills required to do the job. Engineers may find themselves in coding interviews or architecture discussions, sales roles may present mock discovery calls, and leadership roles may craft 90 day plans. Your recruiter will inform you of which assessment you will be assigned and ensure you are fully prepared for your big day.

4. The Panel: Learn more about the team, responsibilities, and workflows. You should be prepared to speak about past projects, how you collaborate and communicate with others, and how you live our values. Depending on the team and role you are interviewing for, you may meet with several teammates as well as cross-functional partners.

5. The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more.

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $200,000 and $220,000 as well as Flock Safety Stock Options.

🌴Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.

⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.

👪Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.

🍼Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. In 2025, Flock will provide a $ 50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.

💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support

💸Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions.

💚ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.

💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

📚Productivity Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

🐾Pet Insurance: We’ve partnered with Pumpkin to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock Safety, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.