Embedded Software Optimization Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Description

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, IC, 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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Requirements

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