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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Crane Company


Job Location:

Billerica, MA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 126800 - 149900
Posted: 29 September 2026 (13 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Panametrics a leader in industrial measurement solutions is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the development of embedded systems real-time software and signal processing solutions that enable next-generation ultrasonic flow measurement and sensing platforms for critical industrial applications. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on embedded software architecture firmware development hardware-software integration and technical leadership.

About the Role

In this highly cross-functional role you will help shape the future of the Panametrics product portfolio by serving as the technical owner for major embedded software initiatives throughout the product lifecycle. You will work within a multidisciplinary engineering organization consisting of embedded software FPGA hardware systems and test engineers and serve as a key embedded software technical leader across multiple product development programs. This position is based in Billerica MA and requires regular on-site presence.

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer you will be responsible for:

  • Designing developing integrating and maintaining embedded firmware and software solutions for industrial measurement products.
  • Translating system and product requirements into robust maintainable software architectures and designs.
  • Collaborating closely with hardware FPGA systems and test engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Driving hardware-software integration system validation performance optimization debugging and root-cause resolution activities from prototype development through production release.
  • Participating in technical design reviews and peer code reviews to ensure software quality and maintainability.
  • Developing and executing software verification strategies including unit testing integration testing and system validation.
  • Mentoring junior engineers and promoting software development best practices within the engineering team.
  • Promoting and supporting Agile development practices sprint planning estimation and continuous improvement initiatives to support predictable and high-quality software delivery.
  • Evaluating technical tradeoffs managing software-related technical risks and driving informed engineering decisions throughout the product lifecycle.

What Were Looking For:

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • BS/MS in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or related field.
  • 8 years of embedded software development experience.
  • Advanced proficiency in C/C programming.
  • Strong experience with embedded operating systems RTOS concepts and real-time software development.
  • Strong understanding of interrupt-driven software concurrency memory management and deterministic real-time system behavior.
  • Experience developing low-level embedded software including device drivers board support packages (BSPs) middleware and hardware abstraction layers (HALs).
  • Experience interfacing with embedded peripherals and communication protocols including SPI I2C UART Ethernet GPIO DMA ADC and DAC subsystems.
  • Experience with ARM Cortex-A/R/M processor architectures including AMD/Xilinx Zynq UltraScale MPSoC platforms or similar heterogeneous hardware/software systems.
  • Experience with board bring-up processor initialization and hardware validation activities.
  • Experience working in Agile development environments and applying modern software engineering practices including source control code reviews automated testing continuous integration and software quality processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with FPGA-based systems and FPGA/software integration.
  • Experience with FreeRTOS VxWorks ThreadX Micrium or similar RTOS platforms.
  • Experience with secure boot trusted execution environments cybersecurity and system hardening techniques.
  • Experience with embedded Linux and bare-metal software development.
  • Experience with DSP concepts and embedded signal processing techniques for real-time filtering detection and measurement applications.
  • Experience with modern development workflows including CI/CD pipelines peer reviews static analysis software quality metrics and configuration management practices using tools such as Git Rally and related development toolchains.
  • Experience in industrial instrumentation sensing flow measurement aerospace defense or other high-reliability environments.
  • Prior experience serving as a technical lead architect or engineering subject matter expert.
  • Experience with IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM) JTAG debuggers and embedded software debugging tools.

Salary range: $126800 to $149900. Several factors contribute to actual salary including experience in a similar role or performing comparable job responsibilities skills training and other qualifications. Compensation packages also include comprehensive benefits 401K contribution and match Paid Time Off paid holidays tuition reimbursement and more. Some roles may be eligible for participation in performance-based bonus programs.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion gender sexual orientation general identity national origin disability or veteran status.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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Crane Co. delivers engineered solutions for aerospace, defense, flow technologies, and critical industries—driven by innovation and 170 years of excellence.

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