Embedded Software Engineer

We are seeking a permanent Embedded Software Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team in Germantown, Maryland. This hands-on role focuses on embedded software development for microcontrollers, microprocessors, and similar hardware platforms, with close interaction with hardware teams and direct lab work.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug, and test embedded software using C and C++.
• Develop software for microcontrollers, microprocessors, soft processors, and other hardware-based computing platforms.
• Work directly with engineering boards during initial bring-up, integration, testing, and debugging.
• Develop software that interfaces between low-level hardware and Linux-based host systems.
• Participate in hardware/software integration for PCIe-based devices and server platforms.
• Develop Linux kernel modules, drivers, and user-space Linux software as needed.
• Troubleshoot problems across embedded software, hardware, operating systems, and system interfaces.
• Work closely with hardware and FPGA engineers to integrate software with board-level functionality.
• Support lab testing using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other electronic test equipment.
• Assist with manufacturing, validation, and system-level testing.
• Work hands-on with servers, lab equipment, boards, racks, and related hardware when necessary.
• Use AI-assisted development tools where they provide meaningful engineering leverage while maintaining ownership of code quality and correctness.
• Contribute to technical planning and product development within a small, collaborative engineering team.

Qualifications

• Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong C and C++ programming experience in embedded environments.
• Experience programming microcontrollers, microprocessors, soft processors, or similar embedded computing platforms.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software interaction.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up, board-level debugging, or hardware integration.
• Strong Linux experience.
• Experience developing software that communicates with hardware devices and host systems.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a lab environment, including installing, testing, and troubleshooting hardware and servers.
• Strong communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Preferred:
• 4 years of embedded software engineering experience.
• Familiarity with Linux kernel modules, device drivers, or low-level Linux development.
• Python and/or Bash scripting experience.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and similar electronics lab equipment.
• MicroBlaze experience.
• FPGA, Verilog, or VHDL knowledge.
• Experience with PCIe-based hardware.
• Signal processing, control systems, RF, or mixed-signal electronics experience.