Embedded Software Engineer

Position Description

The Embedded Software Engineer will design develop test and maintain embedded software for next-generation products. The ideal candidate will have strong C/C programming skills experience developing embedded Linux software and a solid understanding of hardware/software integration. This role will work closely with electrical mechanical systems and test engineers to translate product requirements into reliable production-ready embedded software.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Design develop debug and maintain embedded software for microcontroller- and processor-based systems.
• Develop software primarily in C/C including low-level drivers hardware interfaces application code and system services.
• Develop configure customize and maintain embedded Linux systems and associated build tools.
• Integrate and configure real-time operating systems (RTOS) middleware communication stacks and third-party software components.
• Develop and maintain firmware for interfaces such as SPI I²C UART USB Ethernet and GPIO.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to bring up new circuit boards and troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues.
• Analyze system requirements and translate them into robust software architectures and implementation plans.
• Perform unit testing integration testing debugging and performance optimization.
• Use embedded debugging tools oscilloscopes logic analyzers and other laboratory equipment to diagnose system-level issues.
• Use Git for source-code management branching merging and code collaboration.
• Use JIRA to track software development tasks defects requirements and project progress.
• Use development tools like Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and others to implement and debug embedded software.
• Participate in code reviews design reviews and software development process improvements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation including software specifications design documentation and test procedures.
• Support product verification validation manufacturing and field-deployment activities.
• Identify and resolve software defects and contribute to continuous improvement of product reliability and performance.

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Required

• BS in Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• 3 years in software and firmware engineering
• Exceptional Communication skills Strong proficiency in C and C programming.
• Experience developing software for microcontrollers or embedded processors.
• Experience developing and maintaining embedded Linux systems.
• Experience with Git for source-code management and collaborative software development.
• Proficiency with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or a comparable integrated development environment.
• Solid understanding of embedded systems concepts including interrupts timers memory management concurrency and hardware interfaces.
• Experience with embedded debugging tools and software development workflows.
• Familiarity with software development processes code reviews testing methodologies and configuration management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read and understand schematics datasheets and hardware specifications.

Desired

• Familiarity with UEFI BIOS and Intel x86 architectures
• Familiarity with ARM & embedded Linux development
• Familiarity with PIC microcontroller development and other bare-metal and low-level firmware
• Experience with the Yocto Project including recipes custom layers BitBake machine configurations and image customization.
• Experience with RTOS such as FreeRTOS.
• Experience with ARM processors.
• Familiarity with Intel architecture.
• Strong experience with embedded Linux system development and Linux kernel configuration.
• Experience developing device drivers bootloaders BSPs or board-support software.
• Experience with secure boot firmware updates cybersecurity or embedded device security
• Knowledge of FIPS-140-2 TPM Bitlocker STIG and/or other security technologies
• Scripting experience bash Zsh Powershell Python