Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across embedded software architecture, design choices, coding standards, and implementation strategies for products and systems.
• Coordinate the integration, testing, and delivery of embedded software throughout the development lifecycle.
• Actively contribute to software development by writing, reviewing, debugging, and maintaining code.
• Collaborate with product, hardware, systems, QA, and project management to define scope, priorities, schedules, and key technical milestones.
• Break down project goals into executable software tasks with estimates, risk assessments, and delivery plans.
• Mentor embedded software engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging support, and technical guidance.
• Promote best practices for firmware development, including version control, documentation, testing, CI/CD, and release readiness.
• Support board bring-up, hardware/software integration, driver development, RTOS or bare-metal work, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Identify technical risks early and propose practical mitigation strategies.
• Ensure software deliverables meet performance, reliability, safety, security, and maintainability requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Proven experience developing embedded software in C and/or C++.
• Experience leading technical work on embedded software projects or guiding small engineering teams.
• Experience writing Linux PCIe and NVMe device drivers.
• Strong understanding of microcontrollers, microprocessors, peripherals, buses, interrupts, memory constraints, and real-time behavior.
• Experience with RTOS, bare-metal development, device drivers, bootloaders, communication protocols, or hardware abstraction layers.
• Ability to debug embedded systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and similar tools.
• Experience with software planning, estimation, task breakdown, and cross-functional project coordination.
• Strong code review, design review, and technical documentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs clearly.
• US Citizenship

Technologies

• C
• C++
• Linux
• PCIe
• NVMe
• RTOS
• Bare-metal development
• Bootloaders
• JTAG/SWD debuggers
• Oscilloscopes
• Logic analyzers
• CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• Flexible 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off to support work-life balance
• Healthcare and medical coverage options
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Generous holidays and PTO
• Eligibility for short-term and long-term incentive programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with safety-critical, medical, automotive, aerospace, industrial, IoT, or regulated embedded systems
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, secure boot, firmware updates, or encrypted communications
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or automated embedded test frameworks
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or hybrid project planning methods