Embedded Software Engineer I
📌Dallas, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ junior
Reports To: Head of Software Engineering
Amount of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Location: Dallas, TX
Work Schedule: Full-time
Positions Supervised: None
Osteal Therapeutics
Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel pipeline of combination therapies for orthopedic infections and their consequences. Our lead investigational candidate, VT-X7 was granted Orphan Drug, FastTrack and Qualified Infectious Disease Product designations by the FDA and is currently in late-stage clinical trials for the treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI). With a robust pipeline of additional indications and therapeutic candidates, we anticipate rapid and sustained growth.
Position Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic Embedded Software Engineer with a passion for developing and testing firmware for life‑saving medical devices. This role will be focused on performing embedded software verification including writing and executing tests, analyzing results, and suggesting changes. This junior-level position offers experience and a clear pathway to future design and development responsibilities. The engineer will work closely with cross‑functional R&D, Quality, and Regulatory teams to ensure that firmware running on our microcontroller‑based drug‑delivery systems meets all performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
Essential Functions
Essential functions of the position include but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Develop, execute, and maintain firmware/software test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts based on design requirements and IEC 62304 processes.
- Perform unit, integration, and system‑level testing of C firmware running on 32‑bit microcontrollers (e.g., STM32) using equipment such as debuggers, logic analyzers, and hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) setups.
- Document test protocols and results in compliance with FDA, ISO 13485, and company quality management system requirements.
- Analyze test outcomes, identify defects or performance gaps, and collaborate with senior engineers to propose and verify corrective actions.
- Maintain regression test suites and contribute to continuous integration (CI) pipelines for automated firmware builds and tests.
- Assist in code reviews and static analysis activities to improve code quality and maintainability.
- Support system verification and validation activities, including risk management inputs and traceability to software requirements.
- Participate in cross‑functional design reviews, providing a testing perspective and capturing lessons learned for future projects.
- Contribute to the creation and maintenance of development tools, scripts, and fixtures that enhance test efficiency.
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Communicate testing progress and findings clearly to engineering and quality stakeholders.
Experience and Education
- B.S. degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 0‑2 years of professional or academic experience developing and/or testing embedded firmware in C.
- Exposure to medical device software development life cycle and standards (IEC 62304, ISO 14971) preferred.
- Experience with version control (Git) and issue tracking (JIRA or similar).
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Familiarity with unit‑testing frameworks (Ceedling, Unity, CppUTest) and debugging tools (JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
- Strong analytical and systematic problem‑solving skills.
- Solid understanding of C language fundamentals and microcontroller architecture.
- Eagerness to learn new tools, processes, and standards in a regulated environment.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team while managing multiple tasks and priorities.
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Hands‑on, driven work ethic with a continuous‑improvement mindset.
- C (embedded)
- Python or other scripting
- Git
- JIRA
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Embedded IDEs (STM32CubeIDE, IAR, Keil MDK, or similar)
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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