Software Engineer, Device Hardware
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Requirements
• Write and own the Python scripts that serve as the core framework for all device testing and validation. • Develop Python-based automation to interface with Android systems, Qualcomm processors, and microcontrollers. • Use Python and Bash to build and execute test suites that verify hardware functionality. • Build monitoring and failure tracking in Datadog to get real-time visibility into production health. • Navigate device environments to debug, deploy builds, and run validation code. • Use lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to verify hardware performance during tool development. • Manage and track validation data using Postgres and AWS infrastructure. • Design the testing protocols and timelines to ensure new products move from prototype to production without issues. • Work with the broader engineering team to make the validation process faster and more reliable through better automation. • 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. • 90 Days at Flock • 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 • Complete your first code push and establish a baseline understanding of the Python frameworks governing our current validation cycles. • Map the architecture of our factory software tools, specifically how backend servers and databases connect to hardware in the field. • The First 60 Days • Lead the design of new features for critical Python test code to make inline hardware testing more stable and less prone to error. • Drive the automation of manual factory steps, building software-verified processes that speed up production and refurbishment. • 90 Days & Beyond • Architect new software components for our test fixtures to ensure our validation framework is scalable for the next generation of products. • Implement comprehensive telemetry across critical validation points to track production quality from both internal lines and third-party partners.
Responsibilities
• Write and own Python scripts for device testing and validation core framework. • Develop automation using Python to interface with Android systems, Qualcomm processors, microcontrollers. • Build test suites in Python and Bash that verify hardware functionality. • Construct monitoring and failure tracking tools within Datadog for real-time production health visibility. • Navigate device environments for debugging, deploying builds, running validation code. • Utilize lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to assess hardware performance during tool development. • Manage and track validation data using Postgres database management system (DBMS) and AWS infrastructure services. • Design testing protocols and timelines for smooth transition of new products from prototype to production stages without issues. • Collaborate with the engineering team to enhance automation processes, making them faster and more reliable.
Benefits
• In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $142,000 and $170,000 as well as Flock Safety Stock Options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in-depth with you during our first chat. • We’re building the impossible, together. To drive innovation through in-person collaboration, we’re prioritizing candidates in our key hubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Austin. While we value the energy of our hub communities, we embrace remote work and welcome applications from exceptional talent across the United States. • 🌴Flexible PTO: We offer non-accrual PTO, 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. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses. • 🧠Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs. • 💖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 four ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs 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: $300 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo and so much more. • 🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office. • If an offer is extended and accepted, this position requires the ability to obtain and maintain Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) certification as a condition of employment. Applicants must meet all FBI CJIS Security Policy requirements, including a fingerprint-based background check.