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Office Location: Schaumburg, IL (Includes Flexible WFH Option)

Position Summary:

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer owns the full lifecycle of embedded microcontroller software development for new and existing products. This role requires technical ownership of complete subsystems, the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and the capacity to make architectural decisions that impact product quality and performance. The position involves balancing technical debt, feature delivery, and system reliability while coordinating across multiple product components and teams.

Technical Ability:

Core Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and implement multi-module embedded systems with a focus on scalability and maintainability
• Perform memory optimization, execution time analysis, and power profiling to meet performance requirements
• Implement complex communication protocols including USB and other communication stacks
• Design and implement error handling, fault tolerance, and safety-critical software patterns
• Adapt and port code across different microcontroller families and platforms
• Identify root cause and resolve software issues in new and existing products using advanced debugging techniques
• Apply secure coding practices and implement security features in embedded systems

Required Technical Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in C/C++ for resource-constrained embedded systems; ARM Cortex experience preferred
• Strong experience with RTOS concepts including task management, synchronization, scheduling, memory protection and multi-core development
• Expertise with communication protocols: SPI, I2C, USB, RS232, RS485, TCP/IP
• Proficiency with debugging tools: microcontroller debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, memory analyzers
• Knowledge of hardware/software integration including reading and interpreting electrical schematics
• Experience with embedded development environments and version control systems
• Understanding of embedded security principles and secure development practices

Product Management Expertise:

Core Responsibilities:

• Understand how embedded subsystems contribute to overall product value and customer experience
• Influence product design decisions and evaluate technical tradeoffs with business impact in mind
• Engage directly with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements gather feedback, and track customer success metrics
• Contribute to product roadmap planning and feature prioritization based on technical feasibility
• Capture and translate requirements to ensure software meets customer expectations
• Define test requirements and processes to ensure products meet feature and reliability requirements
• Understand how solutions apply across product families and platform architectures

Required Product Skills:

• Understanding of competitive products and differentiation strategies in embedded/RFID markets
• Ability to balance customer needs with technical constraints and development timelines
• Experience translating business requirements into technical specifications
• Familiarity with product development lifecycle and quality processes
• Knowledge of relevant industry standards and certification requirements (e.g., FCC, CE, ISO, PCI, EU CRA, RED)

Communication + Leadership:

Core Responsibilities:

• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, supporting their technical growth
• Present technical concepts and project status to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Create and maintain architecture documents, technical specifications, and design documentation
• Participate in and contribute to internal technical forums and knowledge sharing
• Lead technical discussions and drive decisions that may impact multiple teams
• Establish technical standards and foster a collaborative engineering culture focused on quality and continuous improvement

Required Communication Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to influence technical direction without direct authority
• Experience providing constructive feedback through code reviews and design discussions
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across engineering, product, and other functions

Scope + Independence:

Core Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of entire embedded subsystems from design through validation and release
• Coordinate integration efforts between multiple product components and teams
• Exercise architectural authority in making design decisions that affect multiple teams, product quality, and maintainability
• Lead initiatives spanning multiple quarters with strategic alignment to business goals
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices

Required Capabilities:

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, seeking guidance on strategic alignment
• Self-directed learning and professional development
• Strategic thinking to balance competing priorities: technical debt, performance, and feature delivery
• Experience guiding and influencing the technical direction of a small team (3-5 engineers)
• Ability to assess and manage technical risks and uncertainty in complex projects
• Strategic technology evaluation for adoption decisions

Career Development Opportunities:

This role offers growth opportunities in the following areas:

Technical Growth:

• Secure system-level architecture and advanced design patterns
• Advanced RTOS features including memory protection and multi-core development
• Security implementation in embedded systems
• Technical mentoring and knowledge transfer at scale

Product Growth:

• Strategic product positioning and market analysis
• Cross-product family knowledge and platform thinking
• Customer success metrics and business impact measurement
• Industry standards and certification requirements

Leadership Growth:

• Cross-organizational influence and relationship building
• Strategic communication and vision articulation
• Conflict resolution across teams
• External representation and thought leadership opportunities

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 7 years of directly related embedded software development experience

Physical Demands: None specified.

Work Environment: Office

Benefits:

Health, Dental, Vision

Employer Paid Life/STD/LTD

401K + Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Educational Assistance

Competitive PTO Package & Paid Company Holidays

Wellness Program

Behavioral Assessment

In addition to supplying us with your resume, we ask that you take our Behavioral Assessment through Predictive Index by going to the following link:

https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/bo/B3WV/EmbeddedSoftwareEngineer_Jan2026_172119 

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