Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Linux and Hardware Systems

Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California (Hybrid)

Position overview

Our client is an engineering-led technology company developing advanced systems for demanding high-reliability environments.

They are seeking an experienced embedded software engineer to develop Linux-based software that interacts directly with custom electronics and communications hardware. The role spans application software, low-level hardware integration, networking, control and system-health functionality.

You will work closely with embedded software, electrical and programmable-hardware engineers throughout development, integration and testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop application-level software for embedded Linux platforms.
• Design and implement Linux device drivers for sensors, actuators and other hardware components.
• Create hardware abstraction layers and clean software interfaces for custom electronics.
• Develop software for hardware control, monitoring and closed-loop operation.
• Implement network services, packet-processing functionality and protocol interfaces.
• Integrate communications hardware with wider software and data systems.
• Develop fault detection, recovery, status reporting and operating-mode functionality.
• Diagnose complex integration problems across Linux software, electronics, networking and programmable hardware.
• Support hardware integration, laboratory testing and system-level verification.
• Improve software performance, reliability, maintainability and testability.
• Contribute to software architecture, engineering reviews and technical decisions.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• Five or more years of relevant embedded-software development experience.
• Strong systems-programming skills in C.
• Experience developing software that communicates directly with hardware through device drivers, register-level interfaces or hardware-bus protocols.
• Practical Linux device-driver development experience.
• Experience designing embedded or real-time software.
• Strong network-programming knowledge, including sockets, packet handling and Layer 2/3 protocols.
• Experience implementing software that monitors or controls physical hardware.
• Sufficient understanding of digital communications to integrate software with communications equipment.
• Strong debugging skills across software and hardware boundaries.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with software, electrical and programmable-hardware engineers.

Desirable experience

• Aerospace, communications or other high-reliability embedded systems
• Communications-subsystem or radio-interface software
• Standardized packet formats and communications protocols
• Serial and board-level hardware interfaces such as SPI, I²C and UART
• Ethernet-based embedded control systems
• Closed-loop control and sensor or actuator management
• Hardware abstraction layers supporting multiple hardware configurations
• FPGA-based or other programmable-hardware systems
• Laboratory debugging using serial consoles, logic analyzers and related equipment
• Diagnosing hardware timing, interface or signal-integrity problems

Keywords: Embedded Software Engineer, Embedded Linux, C, Linux Systems Programming, Device Drivers, Hardware Integration, Embedded Networking, Ethernet, FPGA, Real-Time Software, Control Systems and Aerospace Technology