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About Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is a technology and camera company, best known for Snapchat, offering visual communication, augmented reality, and advertising products.
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The Embedded Software Engineer, Security, Level 4 joins the Specs Security team to design, build, and harden on-device security systems for advanced eyewear. This role involves developing security and privacy controls for on-device AI features, including model integrity, sensitive data handling, and inference-time protections. The engineer will also research and implement security features across Snap OS, firmware, applications, and cloud-connected surfaces while improving fuzzing infrastructure and automated testing pipelines for OS components and IPC mechanisms. Candidates must possess expertise in Linux-based system security, embedded operating systems, trusted execution boundaries, and applied cryptography. Required technical skills include proficiency in C, C++, or Rust, along with experience in threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, and secure code review. The role focuses on securing wearable devices by implementing sandboxing, access control, and robust protection for sensor-rich hardware environments.
What does a Embedded Software Engineer earn?
Median $151500 from 65 postings across 16 companies.
Design, build, and harden on-device security systems including permissions, access control, and secure IPC.
Develop security and privacy controls for on-device AI features and model integrity.
Implement protection measures for sensitive data handling and inference-time privacy.
Research and implement security features across Snap OS, firmware, and cloud-connected device surfaces.
Improve fuzzing infrastructure and automated security testing for OS components and drivers.
Build continuous validation pipelines for IPC mechanisms, parsers, and AI-related data flows.
Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and secure code reviews across system boundaries.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
Master's degree or PhD in a related technical field is preferred.
5+ years of experience developing production software in C, C++, or Rust.
3+ years of experience building security, privacy, or platform protection features for Linux-based, embedded, mobile, wearable, or connected device systems.
Experience with applied cryptography, authentication, authorization, secure communications, key management, and threat modeling.
Knowledge of Linux-based system security, trusted execution boundaries, and platform hardening techniques.
Experience designing permission systems, access control frameworks, sandboxing, and secure IPC for sensor-rich devices.
Experience securing on-device AI/ML features including model integrity and inference-time privacy protections.
C
Linux Kernel
embedded system s
ARM
RISC-V
Socket Programming
IPsec
Ethernet
Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
NIST FIPS 140-3
NIAP Common Criteria
AMD UltraScale+ MPSoC
Microchip Polarfire SoC
Scripting
Encryption Algorithms