Director of Firmware, VergeSense
$240-250k
This position also includes company-gifted equity of 23,780 shares
3 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
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Occupancy intelligence platform
101-200 employees
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$240-250k
This position also includes company-gifted equity of 23,780 shares
3 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of every space to foster connection, inspiration, and sustainability.
Role
Who you are
- Successful candidates will have led firmware teams across multiple products at different life-cycle stages and operate in a data-first paradigm
- Experience delivering firmware, leading teams of 10 or more, mentoring & developing managers, and managing engineers
- Experience in many (but not all) of the following technologies: RTOS systems, Embedded Linux, C/C++, wireless connectivity (WiFi, Cellular, 802.15, mesh), camera systems, low power / battery-powered systems
- Exposure to computer vision / ML is nice to have worked to ship products at volume (>50k EAU) and support products in the field at volume (100k+ connected devices)
- Experienced with using data as the means to measure product performance. Ideally, is comfortable getting hands-on with data (pandas, SQL, R, etc.) i
- Be customer obsessed: Advocate for customers. Constantly listen to customers, prioritize customer needs across every business objective, and continuously add value to the customer experience
- Just get started: Dive in! You have agency, so take ownership. Don’t hesitate to make decisions and embrace uncertainty as an opportunity to learn
- Deliver quality results: Maintain razor-sharp focus on what matters. Ruthlessly prioritize, cut distractions, and commit to excellence
- Communicate with high bandwidth: Communicate in a clear, accurate, and appropriate manner. Encourage different viewpoints and accept feedback. Speak candidly, even when it may be uncomfortable
- Lead with empathy: Nurture an inclusive workplace environment where people from all backgrounds are seen, heard, and supported. We thrive together
What the job involves
- VergeSense seeks a Firmware Director to lead the end-to-end development/delivery/maintenance of VergeSense’s embedded software
- This responsibility spans across multiple disciplines (embedded software, QA, embedded ML), multiple product lines (wired and wireless sensors) and technologies (low power ML image sensors, RTOS & Linux, mesh networks, cellular connectivity)
- Reporting to the VP of Connected Devices the Firmware Director will thrive in a high-growth, fluid, and metrics-oriented environment, with a deep passion for delivering value to customers
- Leads teams of firmware, QA, and machine learning engineers
- Foster an environment that is supportive and encourages autonomy - the purpose of what people are working on should be clear, and the method by which they get there should be in their control (not dictated)
- Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, engaged, high-performing team
- Participate in and be accountable for short & long-term road mapping
- Identify, mitigate, and manage risks related to project execution and product delivery
- Advance the development of standards, guidelines, and best practices for the firmware team
- Champion the pervasive use of data - it doesn’t work if it’s not measured
- Dive in, occasionally, into the sausage making - review a design RFC, peer review a PR, help debug a customer issue
- This isn’t core to the day-to-day, but it’s key to understanding what is happening and how things work
- You’ll also work closely with hardware and operations teams to involve firmware in early-phase design and ensure the on-time shipment of hardware products
Our take
Data collection and analysis are frequently used by businesses to develop efficient software workflows to save money and time, but the AI that fuels these approaches is rarely applied to analyze offline activity. Despite the lack of this application, inefficiencies in the workplace could be solved from such insights by ensuring facilities are managed and used efficiently.
VergeSense builds AI-driven sensors and analytical software that allows businesses to gain insights regarding the usage of their office facilities. The technology can provide information regarding how full seating areas are, whether conference rooms are being used, and where desk space is currently available.
AI is normally associated with automating and improving efficiency in software scenarios, so VergeSense’s goal of collecting data and providing insights about physical office spaces is unique. The company claims that its technology helps offices recognize which workspaces are effective within an office, where changes are required, and how to present the office to facilitate better efficiencies in the workplace.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2021
$60m
SERIES C
Dec 2020
$12m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82.7m
Company benefits
- Employer-sponsored medical
- Dental and vision insurance (dependent on location)
- Open Vacation policy: take time off when you need it
Company values
- Be customer obsessed: Constantly advocate for customers - listen, prioritize and continuously add value to the customer experience
- Deliver quality results: Maintain razor-sharp focus on what matters. Commit to excellence
- Lead with empathy: Nurture an inclusive workplace environment where people from all backgrounds are seen, heard, and supported
- Just get started: Don’t hesitate to make decisions and embrace uncertainty as an opportunity to learn
- Communicate with high bandwidth: Communicate in a clear, accurate, and appropriate manner. Encourage different viewpoints and accept feedback
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Articles
Leadership
Dan Ryan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Boston University. Previously a Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg for 1 year and VP of Product - IoT Solutions at Acuity Brands for 2 years.
Kelby Green
(CTO)Former Lead Software Engineer at Acuity Brands, Founding Software Engineer at ByteLight, and Software Developer at Bloomberg.
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