Quality Engineer - Safety Firmware

About the role:

Samsara's Firmware Quality Engineering (FWQE) team ensures that the firmware powering millions of Physical AI–enabled IoT devices is robust, reliable, and customer-ready. Our devices run perception and ML workloads at the edge and feed the Connected Operations Cloud — and the firmware underneath has to be rock solid in trucks crossing deserts, on construction sites, and in cold-chain warehouses.

We're looking for a Firmware Quality Engineer to plan, automate, and execute validation for MCU-based embedded firmware running on RTOS that powers our Physical AI devices in the field. You'll work hands-on across test planning, automation, system validation, and CI, partnering with firmware, hardware, AI/ML, and product teams to improve coverage, signal, and release confidence for devices deployed in demanding industrial environments with complex connectivity (cellular, GPS, BLE, Wi-Fi, CAN).

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact — helping keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You're excited about Physical AI in the wild: You want to validate AI that lives on devices, not in a data center — where sensors are dirty, networks are flaky, batteries drain, and 'ship it' means tens of millions of units in the field.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won't be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development and countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper-growth environment.
• You're energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together, and support each other. You'll be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Test design & execution: Develop and run test plans, manual and automated scenarios, and system-level validation for embedded firmware.