Staff Engineer, Product Design and Engineering - Embedded Software

Role Description

Baker Hughes is looking for a Senior WPF C#.NET Developer with strong expertise in application architecture and embedded systems integration. You will play a key role in designing and building high-performance applications that interact with embedded hardware and real-time systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability. This role requires a hands-on engineer who can contribute to architectural design while working closely with hardware, firmware, and cross-functional teams.

• Design and develop scalable desktop applications using C#/.NET and WPF
• Contribute to and implement application architecture for systems integrated with embedded devices
• Apply and maintain MVVM architecture patterns and clean design principles
• Develop high-performance UI layers that interact with hardware or real-time data streams
• Build and maintain custom controls, reusable components, and libraries
• Work on integration with embedded systems, devices, and external hardware interfaces
• Optimize application performance, including memory usage, threading, and responsiveness
• Debug and troubleshoot complex issues across software and hardware layers
• Collaborate with embedded, firmware, and hardware teams for seamless integration
• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience is required
• Strong proficiency in C# and .NET development
• Solid experience with WPF and UI development for complex applications
• Strong understanding of MVVM, data binding, and custom controls
• Experience contributing to application architecture and design decisions
• Expertise in debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving
• Good understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and real-time data handling
• Familiarity with hardware-integrated applications or device communication
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to work in cross-domain systems (software + hardware)

Requirements

• Experience with modern C++ (Nice to Have)
• Exposure to embedded software development or firmware-level interactions (Nice to Have)
• Experience with hardware communication protocols (e.g., serial, USB, TCP/IP, etc.) (Nice to Have)
• Knowledge of C++ / .NET interoperability (C++/CLI, P/Invoke) (Nice to Have)
• Hands-on experience in image processing / computer vision (Nice to Have)
• Understanding of real-time or performance-critical embedded systems (Nice to Have)
• Experience with .NET Core and modern frameworks (Nice to Have)

Benefits

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

Company Description

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.