Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, enabling organizations to harness IoT data for improved operations. The Engineering Manager II will lead a Platform Firmware team, focusing on new hardware programs and ensuring high-quality delivery through effective cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Own the execution pipeline for new hardware programs with external design, manufacturing, and silicon partners, including milestone planning, validation readiness, quality gates, partner escalations, and delivery risks
- Manage and develop a team of firmware engineers working on platform firmware that enables Samsara's next-generation hardware products
- Drive coordination across firmware, hardware engineering, product, quality engineering, field engineering, and external partners to resolve hardware and firmware integration issues
- Build a predictable operating cadence for partner communication, technical triage, schedule tradeoffs, risk reporting, and leadership escalation
- Define and improve the long-term technical and execution strategy for partner-driven hardware programs, making each program more predictable, efficient, and scalable
- Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
Skills
- 8+ years of relevant software, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent engineering experience
- 3+ years of people management experience leading firmware, embedded, platform, hardware, or hardware-adjacent engineering teams
- Experience working with external technical partners such as JDMs, ODMs, contract manufacturers, silicon vendors, or hardware vendors
- Experience delivering new hardware, firmware, embedded systems, or hardware-adjacent programs from prototype through production readiness
- Strong understanding of firmware development, hardware bring-up, validation, release quality, and cross-functional delivery
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear status, frame tradeoffs, and escalate risks with data
- Ability to work effectively with product, hardware, quality, field, manufacturing, and engineering leadership stakeholders
- Experience with EVT, DVT, PVT, MP, or similar hardware development milestones
- Experience managing firmware programs involving Linux, BSPs, device drivers, bootloaders, wireless modules, power management, or embedded platform software
- Experience working with globally distributed design, manufacturing, or silicon partners
- Experience balancing speed, quality, customer impact, and long-term platform reliability in hardware programs
- Experience improving team execution through AI-assisted engineering tools, automation, or developer productivity workflows
- A product-driven mindset with strong customer empathy and persistent follow-through
Benefits
- Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions
- Performance-based bonus/variable pay
- Equity (for eligible roles)
- A flexible, employee-led remote model
- A professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
- Flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams
- Offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements
Company Overview
Samsara is digitizing the world of physical operations. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.samsara.com.