Embedded Application Engineer at Hark
San Jose, CA
$120,000–$300,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and owning the primary Android application that runs on a proprietary AI hardware device, sitting at the boundary between user-facing software and embedded firmware. The work spans AOSP internals, hardware abstraction layers, low-level communication protocols, and the full device lifecycle from flashing and OTA updates through to manufacturing. It suits an engineer with hands-on experience shipping software on physical, custom hardware rather than conventional mobile products.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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No specific city or region is mentioned in the posting; CBSA/location fields are left blank. The role appears to be US-based given the USD salary range.
The communication protocols (UART, SPI, I2C, BLE, USB) are listed as a single grouped requirement; UART is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives since any of these embedded protocols satisfies the same requirement.
Java and Kotlin are listed together as the application-layer language requirement; Java is the primary name with Kotlin as an alternative. C and C++ are similarly grouped for lower-level work.
The 'shipped a physical product' requirement is a role-level gate stated in firm language but names no specific technology, so it is reflected in the overall years minimum context and the notes rather than as a named skill.
Bonus Qualifications (Android Things, AOSP board bring-up, RTOS/Linux, AI/ML on edge devices, platform-level analysis) are all marked preferred. 'Edge ML' is used to represent the AI/ML model deployment on edge devices bonus item.
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