Principal Embedded Software Engineer
📌Sterling Heights, MI, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ principal
hybrid
We are seeking an experienced Principal Embedded Software Engineer to lead the design and development of cutting-edge embedded systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in embedded software architecture, real-time systems, and hardware integration to drive innovative solutions and mentor engineering teams.
Location: Sterling Heights, MI
Work Mode: Hybrid
Role: Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Job Description
The Principal Software Engineer will plan, lead, and execute tasks across:
- Software requirements analysis
- Software architecture and design
- Implementation (code and unit test)
- Cybersecurity hardening
- Documentation
- Hardware-software integration
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
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Software verification testing
- Plan, lead, and develop embedded product or support software
- Mentor less-experienced engineers
- Collaborate with other engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, systems, etc.)
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Ensure alignment with engineering principles, cost/schedule targets, and technical/customer requirements
- Exceptional verbal and written communication
- Customer interface/liaison experience
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Proficient in: C, C++, Python, UNIX scripting/BASH
- Minimum 6 years in real-time embedded software development
- Experience with:
- Linux and/or VxWorks (including OS configuration)
- MATLAB & Simulink auto code
- Multithreaded applications (prioritization and synchronization)
- Communication protocols: Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, CAN, MIL-STD-1553
- Requirements-based implementation & verification with DOORS
- Linux kernel & device driver development
- Communications, IO interface development & troubleshooting
- Full software lifecycle experience
- Cybersecurity requirement implementation & testing
- Time Sensitive Networking (TSN)
- FPGA programming
- Ada programming language familiarity
- Tools: MagicDraw, LabView, Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, WireShark
- CI/CD pipeline management
- HIL & automated test systems (NI VeriStand, TestStand)
- GUI development/testing (Qt, Squish)
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Familiarity with CMMI, military/commercial standards, and combat vehicle systems
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM field
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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