Currently, we are seeking an Engineer I, Test based in Carlsbad, CA.

This is an exciting opportunity for those who align with our core values (Inclusion, Innovation, Execution, Customer Success) and for those who desire to build, sell, and/or support connected solutions and services.

Equal Employment Opportunity
CalAmp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Responsibilities

This role is an entry level Test Engineer position for CalAmp mobile devices supporting internal telematics device testing tools and data platforms within the Vehicle Engineering group.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop code to extract data elements from multiple 3rd party sources including Excel, MS Access, JSON, XML, or PDF files.
  • This code needs to create intermediate files or common format using Excel that can be ingested into an SQL database.
  • Assist with the ingestion of this data into the SQL database.
• Maintain and enhance existing internal C# diagnostic and automation applications used to support telematics device validation and communication workflows.
  • MQTT broker integrations, topic subscription/publish flows, and routing
  • Serial communication subsystems: .NET COM interfaces, USB/COM detection, async port management, retry/fault-recovery logic
  • CAN and J1939 data capture, decoding, logging, filtering, and replay
• Support automated test execution software used to validate embedded communication behavior and system functionality.
  • Loading and running modular XML test definitions
  • Improving execution reliability, reporting clarity, and logging traceability
  • Debugging communication paths across CAN, MQTT, serial, and server interfaces

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Proficiency in C# and PythonWorking knowledge of serial communication (COM/USB) fundamentals
• Proficiency in MS Excel: formulas, pivot tables, data formatting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Strong Pluses

• Experience with distributed IoT communication:
  • MQTT publish/subscribe patterns
  • Broker-based device telemetry flows
  • TLS, authentication, and topic security models
• Familiarity with vehicle and embedded communication buses:
  • J1939, J1708/J1587, CAN, CAN FD
• Exposure to debugging tools:
  • CANalyzer, CANoe, MQTTX, Postman
• Familiarity with IP networks and routing
• Experience with cellular modems, GPS technology, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth/BLE

This position provides hands-on experience with modern IoT communication stacks, telematics test environments, and software-driven automation for embedded devices. You will work closely with engineering to support and evolve internal communication test frameworks, data processing flows, and test automation logic.

Please note: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis. We are unable to provide sponsorship at this time.

If you like solving real concurrency, scale, and reliability problems — not just CRUD APIs — this is that kind of role. We invest in engineers who bring value: strong performers on this team have real room to grow into more senior scope.

This role is based in Carlsbad, CA, with a hybrid schedule.

Equal Employment Opportunity

CalAmp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that are reliable, observable, and built to scale 
• Own features end-to-end: from design discussions through deployment and post-launch monitoring 
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in distributed, production systems — including on-call/incident response rotations 
• Identify performance bottlenecks and drive measurable improvements in latency, throughput, and reliability
• Shape technical decisions through architecture reviews and code reviews with architects and senior engineers 
• Partner directly with product and business teams to turn requirements into technical designs 
• Help evolve our engineering practices — tooling, observability, CI/CD — as we modernize our stack

What You Need (Must Haves)

• 4–7 years of professional backend software engineering experience in production environments
• Strong CS fundamentals: object-oriented design, algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis
• Deep proficiency in Java, including experience with RESTful and event-driven microservices
• Hands-on experience designing and operating distributed, scalable services in production
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, and with AWS core services (EC2/Lambda, S3, messaging)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience debugging and supporting live production systems (monitoring, incident response, root-cause analysis)
• Strong written and verbal communication — you can explain tradeoffs to both engineers and non-engineers

Nice to Have

Not required — don't let this list stop you from applying.

• Experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or other streaming/event platforms
• Docker, Helm, or serverless experience
• Java Reactive Programming, MongoDB
• Experience with Bitbucket Pipelines or similar CI/CD tooling
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

A note on the above: we don't expect any one candidate to check every box in this section. If you meet the must-haves and are excited about the role, we want to hear from you — these are a plus, not a gate.

 What Success Looks Like In This Role

• You've independently shipped backend services to production and supported them after launch
• You're comfortable diagnosing issues across service boundaries in a distributed system
• You can take a feature from design through deployment and monitoring with minimal hand-holding

Please note:  We're unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time — applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a permanent basis.

Through our advanced telematics hardware, wireless gateways, edge?computing technologies, and SaaS platforms—including CalAmp Telematics Cloud, iOn, LoJack, and CrashBoxx—CalAmp delivers powerful tools that help customers address complex mobility challenges and optimize asset management operations.

The company maintains a global presence, with offices and operations across regions such as California, Minnesota, Mexico City, London, Milan, and Madrid.

We are currently seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer with a minimum of 10 years of experience to join our team in Eden Prairie, MN. This role is an excellent opportunity for individuals who embody our core values—Inclusion, Innovation, Execution, and Customer Success—and who are passionate about building, delivering, and supporting cutting?edge connected solutions and services

Equal Employment Opportunity

CalAmp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded firmware development.
• Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ programming for resource-constrained embedded platforms.
• Experience developing firmware for wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, Cellular (LTE/5G), NFC.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, UDP, IPv6, routing, and security protocols.
• Deep knowledge of embedded system architecture, microcontrollers, SoCs, device drivers, interrupts, DMA, memory management, and peripheral interfaces.
• Experience with Bare metal system, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and/or embedded Linux environments.
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills using tools such as protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and RF test equipment.
• Experience optimizing system performance, wireless reliability, latency, throughput, and power consumption.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to engineering, management, and external stakeholders.
• Experience with software development best practices, including version control, code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, and Agile development methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience in developing and maintaining firmware for J1939 and J1979-2 and CAN-FD CAN bus protocols.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python for test automation, manufacturing diagnostics, and data analysis.
• Experience with cloud-connected devices and IoT protocols such us MQTT or GRPC.
• Experience with J1939 and J1979/J1979-2 CAN bus protocols and experience with like Vector CANalyzer or Kvaser/CANTrace tools
• Experience with AI powered IDEs and coding assistants for embedded firmware development

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• Design, development, and optimization of embedded firmware for wireless communication systems such as Cellular (LTE/5G), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, and NFC.
• Develop low-level firmware including device drivers, bootloaders, interrupt handling, power management, and real-time operating system (RTOS) components.
• Investigate and resolve complex field issues using protocol analyzers and debugging tools.
• Drive security implementation and compliance requirements, including secure boot, encryption, authentication, and OTA update mechanisms.
• Collaborate with verification teams to develop automated test frameworks, validation strategies, and continuous integration pipelines.
• Review designs and code, ensuring adherence to performance, reliability, security, and quality objectives.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior firmware engineers, fostering engineering excellence and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Drive resolution of critical customer and manufacturing issues throughout the product lifecycle.

We’re hiring a hands-on Database Engineer with strong production experience who is ready to grow into architecture, automation, and modern engineering practices.

Equal Employment Opportunity
CalAmp is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Must-haves

• 4–8 years of hands-on DBA / Database Engineering experience, meaningful share on SQL Server
• Database SME mindset — you’ve reviewed engineering schema changes, contributed design insight in code/architecture reviews, and partnered with developers (not gatekept them). This is a core part of the role, not a side responsibility.
• PostgreSQL proficiency — or willingness to develop it (aligned to future reporting architecture)
• Cloud database experience on AWS — self-hosted SQL Server on EC2 today; RDS familiarity is a plus given a possible future migration
• Performance tuning track record — you can talk through specific queries you fixed and how
• Strong SQL: query writing, plan reading, index design, locking and isolation
• Comfort scripting in Python or PowerShell for automation
• Linux and Windows both
• HA / replication topologies (Always On, log shipping, transactional)
• Strong written communication — this is an opinionated engineering team; you’ll write proposals and defend them
• Bachelor’s in CS, Information Systems, or equivalent practical track

Strong pluses

• Multi-tenant SaaS data architectures (per-customer databases or shared schemas)
• AWS DMS or other CDC replication experience
• Aurora PostgreSQL
• AWS cost optimization (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, sizing)
• Datadog, Dynatrace, or similar APM
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (helpful but not required)
• Background in operationally-critical SaaS (transportation, healthcare, finance)

What we don’t expect

You don’t need K-12 domain experience. You don’t need MongoDB. You don’t need IoT background. Show up curious; we’ll teach the domain.

Logistics

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

If this is the right fit, apply now — interviews this week and next.

What you'll work on

Performance — the daily craft. Diagnose and fix slow queries, plan regressions, and locking storms across 9 SQL Server instances supporting customer-facing operations. You’ll inherit a decade of accumulated SQL — your first 90 days are about understanding it before re-architecting it.

Reporting replica architecture. We need to separate analytical workload from operational SQL Server before it costs us customer SLAs. You’ll lead the design — likely AWS DMS feeding a multi-tenant Aurora PostgreSQL store, but the call is yours after scoping. This is a flagship project, not a maintenance task.

Archival. Sound data retention strategy across 600+ customer DBs that doesn’t degrade restore-from-backup integrity. You’ll define the policy and own the automation.

AWS cost. SQL Server EE licensing on EC2 isn’t cheap. There’s measurable savings on the table for a DBA/Database Engineer who knows where to look — edition choice, reserved instances, right-sizing, replica strategy.

Schema migrations and ETL. Schema-change process across all customer DBs. Today this is partially manual; the goal is to make it automated, reliable, and low-risk.

Database SME for engineering — a core part of this role. You’re the subject-matter expert who reviews every schema change from developers before it ships, and you bring actionable design insight — not just approvals. Profile and optimize queries and stored procedures alongside the engineers writing them. You’re the “is this going to scale?” voice in design reviews — adding insight where it counts, not gatekeeping for the sake of it.

On-call rotation. Light by industry standards: rotation runs once every five weeks, with on-call hours from 6 AM to 11 PM Eastern. We try to keep paging events rare; we expect you to push us toward making them rarer.

What's different about this team

We use AI tools across the development lifecycle — including query analysis, schema changes, runbook authoring, and operational workflows. Our engineers ship more code per sprint with Claude Code as a pair-programmer, and we expect our DBA to do the equivalent for database work. We value candidates who are open to integrating AI into their workflow to improve speed and quality. If it means restructuring how you operate, we want to talk.

We’re not hiring “AI experience” as a checkbox. We’re hiring people willing to rethink their craft.