Firmware Engineer in Falls Church, Virginia at Kastle Systems

At CheckVideo, we are transforming video security with our AI-enabled cameras. Thousands of customers depend on us every day for mission-critical security, delivered through cloud infrastructure. This is a hybrid position out of Falls Church, VA that offers an opportunity to work on the cutting edge of technology with a great team and make meaningful contributions every single day.

We are looking for an experienced Firmware Engineer responsible for architecture, design, development & testing of CheckVideo’s flagship product assets. Additional duties include writing high performance, scalable & secure software to meet customer demands.

• Design, develop, test & deploy CheckVideo firmware

• Develop in a Linux environment using source code control system and deployment pipelines

• Design and develop Kernel modules, device drivers and CMA/DMA/DSP/VCU/GPU firmware

• Gain and maintain expertise in board design, BSP, SoC and peripheral control firmware

• Maintain and update secure production firmware as necessary

• Scale and tune for performance to meet production demand

• Follow SDLC best practices for scalability, reliability & observability

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Advanced degree preferred

• Experience: 5+ years of developing firmware for mass market on Embedded Linux stacks

• SDLC and programming languages: C, C++, Python, Go, Rust, Shell scripting

• Parallel processing: Multiprocessing, Multithreading, IPC

• Media: Experience with video/audio encoding and streaming

• AI Training & Inference: LLM, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, PyTorch, TensorFlow

• Source code control systems: Git, Bitbucket

• DevSecOps tools: Jenkins, Gitlab, GitOps

• Operations: Strong skills in troubleshooting production issues

Helpful but not required:

• Experience with camera optics, ISP tuning and video processing