Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Location: Seattle, WA (Primarily Onsite)
Help Build the Embedded Foundation for Next-Generation Hybrid Mining Systems
Are you a hands-on embedded software engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of hardware, real-time software, and system architecture? Do you thrive in an R&D environment where you'll help define the technical direction of a platform from the ground up?
We are seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join a growing team developing advanced hybrid power and control systems for industrial mining applications. This is an opportunity to work on early-stage technology development, helping establish the embedded software architecture that will support future products for years to come.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys low-level software development, board bring-up, middleware design, real-time operating systems, and close collaboration with hardware, controls, and research teams.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software primarily in C (approximately 80%) with selective use of C++ .
- Lead development and integration of software running on FreeRTOS-based multicore embedded platforms .
- Create and maintain the RTOS framework that serves as the foundation for future product development.
- Develop lightweight middleware and runtime interfaces that bridge controls software with underlying embedded platforms.
- Collaborate with Controls Engineers to integrate existing Simulink-generated control algorithms into production-oriented embedded software architectures.
- Design software abstraction layers that enable portability of controls applications across future platforms and architectures.
- Support the creation of a lightweight runtime environment that facilitates future migration and integration with AUTOSAR-style architectures when business needs require it.
- Perform board support package (BSP) development, hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation for new development boards and custom hardware.
- Work directly with microcontrollers, processors, system-on-modules (SOMs), and custom PCB designs during early-stage product development.
- Develop and debug software for multicore real-time processing environments.
- Design and implement interprocessor communication, mailbox architectures, synchronization mechanisms, and DMA-based data movement solutions.
- Investigate and resolve complex software and system-level issues through root cause analysis and structured corrective actions.
- Participate in software verification activities including unit, integration, SIL, and HIL testing.
- Work closely with Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Controls Engineering, and Research & Technology teams to define requirements and software interfaces.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship while helping establish engineering best practices across the organization.
What Makes This Opportunity Unique
- Opportunity to define and build a software platform that is expected to support products for the next 5+ years.
- Significant influence on software architecture decisions and technology direction.
- Highly collaborative R&D environment focused on rapid innovation and prototyping.
- Exposure to cutting-edge industrial hybrid power systems and electrification technologies.
- Ability to work close to the hardware and influence system-level design decisions.
- Long-term growth opportunity within a rapidly evolving engineering organization.
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field.
Experience
- 7+ years of embedded software development experience.
- Strong understanding of embedded software architecture and real-time systems.
Technical Skills
- Strong proficiency in Embedded C development.
- Experience developing software using FreeRTOS or similar RTOS environments.
- Experience with multicore embedded systems and real-time applications.
- Board support package (BSP) development and hardware bring-up experience.
- Experience debugging software at the hardware, firmware, and system levels.
- Familiarity with ARM-based embedded processors and architectures.
- Experience with:
- Multicore processing
- Threading and task management
- Mailboxes and interprocessor communication
- DMA engines
- Interrupt-driven systems
- Memory management in embedded environments
- Experience using Git and modern software development workflows.
- Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to adapt and learn new technologies in a fast-paced research and development environment.
- Experience with common embedded processor families including:
- STM32
- NXP
- Infineon TriCore
- ARM Cortex-based processors
- Experience integrating Simulink-generated controls software into embedded targets.
- Experience developing middleware, runtime environments, or software abstraction layers.
- Experience with Texas Instruments AM64x/AM644x devices or similar System-on-Module (SOM) platforms.
- Familiarity with industrial communication protocols such as CAN and J1939.
- Knowledge of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) validation methods.
- Linux development experience.
- Python scripting experience for automation, testing, or development support.
Success in This Role
The successful candidate is a technically curious engineer who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys learning new platforms and technologies, and can quickly contribute in a research-oriented environment. You are comfortable moving between software architecture discussions, middleware development, board bring-up activities, and real-time embedded software implementation.
You understand how to create scalable software foundations while balancing the realities of rapid prototyping and product development. Most importantly, you're excited about helping build a platform from its early stages and becoming a long-term contributor to the future of industrial hybrid mining technologies.