Senior Embedded Software Engineer

• 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.

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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