Software Engineer, Device Hardware

Role Description

As Flock’s product lineup expands, the software governing our factory becomes the bridge between a design and a finished product. We are looking for an engineer to own the tools and validation processes that keep our production lines moving. You’ll be responsible for identifying and solving friction points before they reach the customer, ensuring that our manufacturing remains steady as we add new features. By building a reliable software spine for our factories, you’ll enable us to ship faster and ensure that every device works exactly as intended.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.