Senior IoT Software Engineer

The role

You will enable a secure, connected wearable device through embedded Linux, edge gateways, and cloud-connected services. The role involves managing device connectivity, over-the-air updates, and cloud-based device management.

What you will do

• Enable a secure device experience with trusted identity and protected access to data.
• Make connectivity seamless across Ethernet, USB, and Bluetooth.
• Enable reliable data connectivity from the wearable through the desktop gateway to the cloud.
• Make devices reliably updatable over the air with authenticated releases and recovery.
• Enable cloud-based device management and visibility into device identity and health.
• Help devices become more reliable by turning diagnostic insights into better experiences.

Required qualifications

• Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant professional experience.
• Experienced building software for connected devices, Linux systems, or device gateways.
• Comfortable working in modern C++ and using Python or another scripting language.
• Familiar with TCP/IP networking, authenticated communication, and designing robust distributed systems.
• Experienced reasoning across application, operating-system, and network boundaries.

Nice to have

• Worked with USB, Linux gadget interfaces, or Bluetooth Classic PAN.
• Related wireless experience with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
• Know Yocto, Buildroot, systemd, or embedded Linux deployment, including networking with BlueZ or NetworkManager.
• Built signed firmware updates, OTA delivery, or A/B update and recovery systems using RAUC, Mender, SWUpdate, or comparable tools.
• Used MQTT, CoAP, or publish/subscribe messaging in connected products.
• Worked with cloud IoT platforms such as AWS IoT Core, AWS IoT Greengrass, or Azure IoT Hub.
• Worked on device fleet management, telemetry, or remote diagnostics, with tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Experience with TLS/mTLS, public key infrastructure (PKI), X.509 certificates, device provisioning, or clock synchronization with NTP or PTP.
• Developed device connectivity across Linux, Windows, or macOS.

About the company

Orbit is a team of engineers, neuroscientists, and designers building a wearable brain-computer interface and models that decode emotion. They are venture funded with backing from founders and executives across AI, neurotechnology, consumer hardware, and pharmaceuticals.