Systems Engineer

Why Join Afero? The next wave of AI lives in everyday devices. Help build it.

Our vision is to make all the world's devices secure and AI-powered, through innovation and scale. Come build the products used by millions of people every day.

Afero is the IoT platform as a service trusted by manufacturers and brands to make connected devices both smart and secure. Today, Afero technology powers more than 20 million devices across 200+ products from 50+ manufacturers. Afero has more than 130 patents, one of the largest IoT patent portfolios globally, and was named a 2024 IoT Breakthrough Winner for IoT Security Platform of the Year. Afero is driven by a team of world-class executives and veterans in mobile, hardware, security, consumer and cloud, leveraging experience from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Roku and Danger.

Microcontrollers, the low-cost, low-power chips inside plugs, bulbs, locks, sensors, thermostats, and meters, ship at a rate of more than 4 billion a year, more than phones, laptops, and servers combined. Yet they lack a common software layer for identity, connectivity, provisioning, updates, fleet management, and enterprise-grade security. Afero delivers that layer: a unified platform, tested at scale in The Home Depot's Hubspace smart home ecosystem, for devices that cannot run a general-purpose operating system like Linux or Android. These devices form the far edge, connecting the physical and digital worlds so modern AI can meet people where they are. 

To learn more, please visit www.afero.io.

What We’re Looking For

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you own how the pieces fit together. You'll define and review device protocols, debug problems that cross firmware, app and cloud boundaries, and be the technical point of contact for manufacturers and partners bringing new products onto Hubspace. You'll work closely with firmware, mobile, platform and product teams, and you'll often be the person who turns a vague integration problem into a clear spec. 

Key Responsibilities

Device integration and protocols

• Define, review and correct device-level protocols (UART, BLE, SPI) between supplier MCUs and the Hubspace Module.

• Map device capabilities to Afero's attribute and data models, and keep specs accurate as products evolve.

• Lead bring-up and debug of new devices with manufacturers, from first prototype through production.

• Assess supplier-proposed designs and changes on technical merit, and flag scope impacts to product owners early.