Drone Embedded OS Engineer - Yocto, CI/CD & Security
6 degrees searchSalt Lake City (UT)
Drone Embedded OS Engineer - Yocto, CI/CD & Security
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6 degrees searchSalt Lake City (UT)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
6 Degrees Search in Salt Lake City seeks a hands-on Embedded OS Engineer to own the Ubuntu-based Linux firmware stack on the MK2 drone platform (Qualcomm QRB5165). You will build the OS, secure it, and ship via automated CI/CD pipelines, not just application code. This role dives deep into low-level OS internals, Yocto BitBake, systemd units, and headless hardware. You will maintain the qti-ubuntu-robotics-image, write .bb recipes, and optimize builds with sstate and Jenkins pipelines, while
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