Embedded Software Engineer

Job Description

Title: Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Buffalo Grove, IL
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $90,000-$110,000 per year

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Sterling Engineering is hiring an Embedded Software Engineer for a global engineering and manufacturing organization developing next-generation embedded control systems used in advanced transportation applications. This is an outstanding opportunity to work on highly visible new product development projects while designing real-time embedded software that powers critical electromechanical systems. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and seeing your work move from concept to production, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your career.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for controllers, sensors, and intelligent electromechanical products
• Develop software architecture and embedded control solutions from concept through production launch
• Optimize software performance, reliability, manufacturability, and overall system functionality
• Participate in new product development activities using APQP and Stage-Gate methodologies
• Perform software validation, verification, and system integration testing
• Lead or support root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and corrective actions for embedded software and electrical systems
• Evaluate customer specifications and develop scalable embedded software solutions

Qualifications

• Must have Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Must have 6+ years of embedded software development experience
• Strong experience developing embedded systems using C/C++, Linux, and RTOS environments
• Experience with Python, C#, JavaScript, HTML, or React
• Experience with embedded architecture, system integration, and performance optimization
• Knowledge of embedded debugging tools and real-time software development
• Knowledge of embedded controllers, sensors, and electromechanical systems
• Experience with APQP, DFMEA, Root Cause Analysis (8D), and product development processes

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Meet Your Recruiter

Alison Buchheit


About Buffalo Grove, IL

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