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Glydways

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA · Hybrid

$120K - $157K/yr

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer , you will own critical firmware domains, lead complex cross-functional projects, and help shape our embedded platform and engineering best practices. This is ...

Glydways

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA · On-site

$120K - $157K/yr

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer , you will own critical firmware domains, lead complex cross-functional projects, and help shape our embedded platform and engineering best practices. This is ...

Cmu

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA · On-site

$120K - $157K/yr

About the Role We are seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to support U.S. Navy customers in the acquisition of a software-based maintenance and readiness application critical to fleet ...

TE Connectivity

Sr. Embedded Coder

Harrisburg, PA · On-site

$128K - $192K/yr

Job Title: Sr. Embedded Coder Posting Start Date: 7/13/26 At TE, you will unleash your potential ... Programming Arm Cortex microcontrollers * Programming 16-bit PIC microcontrollers * Serial ...

Eaton

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

PA · On-site

$86K - $126K/yr

... Senior Firmware Engineer for its Protection, Control, and Solutions business. We are seeking an innovative, problem-solver to drive firmware development for embedded electronics used in next ...

Diversified Services Network, Inc.

$116K - $152K/yr

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to play a key technical leadership role on autonomy software teams developing perception, planning, control, and platform capabilities for autonomous systems.

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Senior Embedded Engineers often encounter challenges such as optimizing code for limited hardware resources, integrating software with diverse hardware platforms, and troubleshooting complex system-level bugs. They may also face tight project deadlines and must ensure that products meet stringent quality and safety standards. Success in this role requires balancing technical problem-solving with clear communication among design, hardware, and quality assurance teams. Overcoming these challenges is both demanding and rewarding, as it directly contributes to the development of innovative, high-performing products.

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A Senior Embedded Engineer designs, develops, and optimizes software and hardware for embedded systems. They work on firmware, low-level programming, device drivers, and system integration for products like IoT devices, automotive systems, and industrial equipment. Their role includes debugging, performance tuning, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Additionally, they often mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver efficient and reliable embedded solutions.

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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Glydways

Pittsburgh, PA • Hybrid

$120K - $157K/yr

Full-time

Posted 21 days ago

Job description

Meet the team:

The Embedded Software team is where the vehicle comes to life. We write and load the firmware that turns raw hardware-sensor kits, custom boards, and main compute-into a reliable, safety-critical machine. Because our software touches nearly every subsystem, we collaborate with engineers from across the company and get hands-on with the newest hardware in the building.

About the Role:

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will own critical firmware domains, lead complex cross-functional projects, and help shape our embedded platform and engineering best practices. This is firmware that carries real passengers-on a Glydways vehicle, reliability is a safety requirement, not just a performance goal, and the code you ship is part of the safety case.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Design, prototype, build, and test production vehicle firmware for safety-critical systems.
  • Develop and optimize applications in RTOS environments, tuning for reliability, latency, throughput, memory footprint, and power on resource-constrained platforms.
  • Own and evolve the communication architecture between MCUs, sensors, and main compute, across both standard and custom protocols (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, TCP/UDP, and more).
  • Lead bring-up and debugging for new boards and SoCs-bootloaders, drivers, and low-level diagnostics-partnering with electrical engineers and software developers to take new sensor and compute platforms from prototype to production.
  • Define and build automated testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit, integration, and system levels alongside test and platform engineers.
  • Mentor other embedded engineers, give thorough code reviews, and help set engineering standards, tools, and best practices across the team.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Core technical skills
  • Expert-level C and/or C++ for embedded systems; additional languages and tooling are a plus.
  • Strong command of communication protocols, from low level (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN) to higher level (TCP/UDP).
  • Experience developing on RTOS environments (e.g., PX5 or other POSIX/pthreads-based real-time OSes such as embedded Linux with pthreads, QNX, VxWorks, or RTEMS).
  • Experience with MCU bootloaders, device drivers, and new board or SoC bring-up.
  • Experience deploying firmware to multi-device systems or vehicles in a power-safe, fault-tolerant way.
  • Demonstrated speed and size optimization for resource-constrained platforms.
Process and quality
  • Experience with safety-critical systems and processes (e.g., ISO 26262 or similar standards) is highly valued.
  • Solid understanding of the embedded software development life cycle-version control, code review, CI, and automated testing.
Nice to have
  • Experience in automotive and/or transit domains.
  • Experience with automotive-grade safety MCUs - ideally the NXP S32K3 family, or comparable lockstep/ASIL-rated parts (e.g., Infineon AURIX, TI TMS570).
  • Familiarity with kernel internals and low-level OS concepts.
  • Experience with deterministic timing and networking, such as NTP, PTP, or time-sensitive networking (TSN).
  • Experience with CAN tooling and DBC-based workflows.
  • Comfort with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.).
  • Scripting experience (e.g., Python) for test automation and tooling.
Typical experience
  • Typically 7+ years developing embedded software for production systems, including substantial work on safety-critical or highly reliable platforms (automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial, robotics, etc.).

*If you're excited about this work but don't check every box, we'd still love to hear from you. We know the best candidates don't always match every line of a job description.

** This is a hybrid role, 2 days/week from our Pittsburg, PA office. No relocation assistance available.

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