Device & Embedded Systems Architect

About the Job

The Device & Embedded Systems Architect is a technical individual contributor role created to close this gap. This architect will own the end-to-end technical architecture of our device platform, establishing the patterns, standards, and guardrails that enable both brands to ship reliable, secure, and maintainable hardware products at scale.

Technical Architecture &

Design

• Define and own the reference architecture for all device endpoints across ClearCaptions and ClearWellness, ensuring consistency, security, and scalability across brands.
• Lead architectural design of the Android-based device platform including HAL customizations, system services, inter-process communication patterns, and security hardening.
• Establish firmware and embedded software architecture standards: bootloader configuration, recovery partitions, secure enclave usage, and hardware abstraction layers.
• Design the OTA update framework from scratch or evaluate and adapt open-source solutions (e.g., libchromeos-update-engine, RAUC) to meet ClearCaptions' reliability and scale requirements.
• Architect device telemetry systems that balance data richness with network constraints, defining schemas and ingestion patterns that plug into enterprise data pipelines.

Android Lifecycle & Platform Health

• Develop a multi-year Android version roadmap aligned to AOSP support windows, hardware EOL dates, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with ODM/OEM vendors and chipset manufacturers to manage BSP updates, security patches, and kernel upgrades.
• Define supportability thresholds and sunset criteria for deployed device generations, with migration path recommendations.

Device Management at Scale

• Architect or evolve the MDM/EMM platform to support 100,000+ devices across diverse hardware generations, connectivity types, and use-case profiles.
• Define device provisioning and de-provisioning workflows that support both technician-assisted and zero-touch deployment models.
• Establish fleet segmentation, ring-based rollout policies, and canary frameworks for safely deploying firmware and application updates.

ClearWellness IoT Platform

• Provide architectural oversight for current and future ClearWellness IoT health devices—aligning on connectivity standards (BLE, Zigbee, Matter, Wi-Fi), data security models, and interoperability frameworks.
• Define an IoT device evaluation framework to accelerate onboarding of new device types, including integration patterns for health data standards (HL7, FHIR) where applicable.
• Advise on edge compute vs. cloud compute tradeoffs for health analytics and alerting pipelines.

Standards, Governance & Collaboration

• Produce Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), reference architectures, and technical standards documents that guide engineering teams across both brands.
• Serve as the primary technical interface with hardware ODM/OEM partners, chipset vendors, and third-party MDM providers.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, security, and product engineering teams to ensure device-side architecture integrates seamlessly with backend systems.
• Mentor senior engineers; raise the embedded and device engineering craft across the organization without direct people management responsibility.

Qualifications:

• Required
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years focused on embedded systems, device software, or mobile platform engineering.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in Android platform development—AOSP customization, system app development, HAL implementation, and platform security (dm-verity, SELinux policies, Verified Boot).
• Proven experience designing and operating OTA update infrastructure for production consumer device fleets.
• Strong knowledge of device management concepts and hands-on experience with MDM/EMM platforms at scale (e.g., Android Enterprise, VMware Workspace ONE, Canonical Landscape, or similar).
• Experience architecting embedded telemetry systems—protocol selection (MQTT, CoAP, HTTPS), edge buffering, and integration with cloud ingestion pipelines.
• Proficiency with embedded Linux, kernel modules, device trees, and low-level hardware bring-up concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear, actionable architecture documentation and influence engineering decisions across teams.