Embedded Software Engineer
📌Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ mid-level
Recruiter:
Recruitpro Solutions
Job Ref:
3651273753
Date posted:
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Location:
Cape Town, South Africa
SUMMARY:
POSITION INFO:
We are looking for a talented Embedded Software Engineer to join a fast-paced and innovative development team. The ideal candidate will have experience in embedded software development using C/C++ and be comfortable working in an agile environment. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about embedded systems and eager to contribute to high-impact projects involving hardware integration and real-time systems.
Key Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop embedded software using C/C++ (non-negotiable)
- Participate in peer code reviews (non-negotiable)
- Integrate software with hardware systems
- Contribute to an agile development process
- Support the code certification process (DO-178, advantageous)
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Apply knowledge of Continuous Integration (CI) tools and practices (advantageous)
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, or Computer Science
- Minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in embedded software development
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems (non-negotiable)
- Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS)
- Participation in peer code reviews (non-negotiable)
- Advantageous: experience with code certification processes (e.g. DO-178)
- Advantageous: familiarity with CI pipelines
- Own reliable transport
- Ability to work effectively within a team and independently
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Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem-solving
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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