Senior Level Embedded Jobs
Senior level embedded jobs put experienced engineers in charge of firmware architecture, real-time system design, and the cross-functional teams that deliver production hardware. Openings concentrate in Technology & Software, Manufacturing, and Electronics & Hardware, with a 18% remote or hybrid share, and employers like 42dot, Motional Ad, and Canonical USA hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
We are looking for the best.
About us
42dot is a mobility AI company committed to solving mobility challenges with software and AI. As the Global Software Center of Hyundai Motor Group, 42dot pioneers the future of mobility by advancing the development of software-defined vehicles. We develop safety-first, user-centric software-defined vehicle technologies that deliver the latest performance through continuous updates like smartphones. By advancing software and AI technology, 42dot envisions a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.
About The Role
As a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer, you will design, implement, and optimize the core real-time software stack powering 42dot’s next-generation automotive platforms. You will work across the full embedded spectrum—from low-level driver development, board support packages (BSPs), and hardware interfaces up to RTOS task management, communication protocols, and real-time application logic. This hands-on role is centered on writing high-performance, deterministic C/C++ code adhering strictly to MISRA C guidelines. You will bring up custom hardware, characterize real-time system performance, and enforce ISO 26262 functional safety standards to ensure robust execution on Hyundai’s SDV platform.
Responsibilities
- Full-Stack Embedded Firmware: Architect, develop, and maintain low-level board support packages (BSPs), peripheral drivers (GPIO, ADC, PWM, Timers), communication stacks (CAN-FD, Ethernet/TSN, SPI, I2C, UART), and application layer logic in C/C++.
- MISRA Compliance & Safety Coding: Write deterministic, defensive C code conforming to MISRA C rules and ISO 26262 functional safety guidelines (ASIL-D trajectory), maintaining zero critical static analysis violations.
- RTOS Architecture & Tuning: Configure and optimize RTOS/OS environments (e.g., FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, AUTOSAR OS), managing task scheduling, interrupt service routines (ISRs), IPC, memory allocation, and timing constraints.
- System Bring-Up & Characterization: Lead hardware bring-up for prototype boards in the Sunnyvale electronics/vehicle labs; perform deep system characterization, execution profiling, interrupt latency tuning, and power/resource management.
- Low-Level Debugging: Troubleshoot complex hardware/software interaction issues using JTAG/SWD debuggers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and protocol analyzers (Vector CANoe, Wireshark).
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with hardware design teams, systems engineers, and V&V teams to define hardware/software interfaces (ICDs), execute bench testing, and validate code on target microcontrollers.
- Tooling Support: Utilize Python or shell scripting for host-side tooling, build automation, test harness integration, and flashing utilities.
Qualifications
- Experience: 7+ years of hands-on embedded software engineering experience delivering production-grade firmware for resource-constrained platforms (Automotive, Aerospace, Medical Devices, Industrial Robotics, or Consumer Electronics).
- C/C++ Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in embedded C and C++, including pointers, memory management, concurrency, data structures, compiler behavior, and debugging optimized code.
- RTOS Experience: Proven experience designing and debugging production software on an RTOS, including task scheduling, synchronization, interrupt handling, inter-task communication, resource management, and timing analysis.
- Static Analysis: Hands-on experience using static analysis tools such as Coverity, Polyspace, QAC, Cppcheck, or equivalent tools. Experience triaging findings, correcting defects, and managing justified suppressions is required.
- Full-Stack Real-Time Depth: Solid understanding of entire MCU architectures (ARM Cortex-M/R, TriCore, or similar), bare-metal/RTOS abstractions, register-level driver development, and bus protocols (CAN/CAN-FD, SPI, I2C, Ethernet).
- Hardware Bring-Up & Debugging: Hands-on experience bringing up new silicon/PCBs and using hardware lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bus analyzers) to isolate low-level bugs.
- Functional Safety Background: Working knowledge of developing software under a regulated safety framework (ISO 26262, IEC 62304, DO-178C) with trace-to-requirements discipline.
- Modern Tooling: Proficiency with Git, Bazel, and CI/CD pipelines for automated firmware compilation, static analysis, and testing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Automotive Protocols & Stacks: Direct exposure to ISO 14229 (UDS), SOME/IP, DoIP, or automotive Ethernet stacks.
- Multi-Core & Hardware Security: Experience with multi-core microcontrollers, Hardware Security Modules (HSM), or secure boot implementation.
- Secondary Scripting: Proficiency in Python or C++ for creating custom developer tools, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) automation, or build infrastructure.
- MISRA and Safety Coding Standards: Experience developing software under MISRA C, MISRA C++, CERT C/C++, or comparable coding standards.
- Communication Protocol Development: Experience designing, implementing, integrating, or debugging communication protocols, including message formats, serialization, state machines, error handling, fault recovery, and interoperability testing.
- Object-Oriented Development: Experience developing production software in an object-oriented programming language and applying encapsulation, interface design, composition, and suitable design patterns.
INTRODUCTION
We are looking for the best.
About us
42dot is a mobility AI company committed to solving mobility challenges with software and AI. As the Global Software Center of Hyundai Motor Group, 42dot pioneers the future of mobility by advancing the development of software-defined vehicles. We develop safety-first, user-centric software-defined vehicle technologies that deliver the latest performance through continuous updates like smartphones. By advancing software and AI technology, 42dot envisions a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.
About The Role
As a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer, you will design, implement, and optimize the core real-time software stack powering 42dot’s next-generation automotive platforms. You will work across the full embedded spectrum—from low-level driver development, board support packages (BSPs), and hardware interfaces up to RTOS task management, communication protocols, and real-time application logic. This hands-on role is centered on writing high-performance, deterministic C/C++ code adhering strictly to MISRA C guidelines. You will bring up custom hardware, characterize real-time system performance, and enforce ISO 26262 functional safety standards to ensure robust execution on Hyundai’s SDV platform.
Responsibilities
- Full-Stack Embedded Firmware: Architect, develop, and maintain low-level board support packages (BSPs), peripheral drivers (GPIO, ADC, PWM, Timers), communication stacks (CAN-FD, Ethernet/TSN, SPI, I2C, UART), and application layer logic in C/C++.
- MISRA Compliance & Safety Coding: Write deterministic, defensive C code conforming to MISRA C rules and ISO 26262 functional safety guidelines (ASIL-D trajectory), maintaining zero critical static analysis violations.
- RTOS Architecture & Tuning: Configure and optimize RTOS/OS environments (e.g., FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, AUTOSAR OS), managing task scheduling, interrupt service routines (ISRs), IPC, memory allocation, and timing constraints.
- System Bring-Up & Characterization: Lead hardware bring-up for prototype boards in the Sunnyvale electronics/vehicle labs; perform deep system characterization, execution profiling, interrupt latency tuning, and power/resource management.
- Low-Level Debugging: Troubleshoot complex hardware/software interaction issues using JTAG/SWD debuggers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and protocol analyzers (Vector CANoe, Wireshark).
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with hardware design teams, systems engineers, and V&V teams to define hardware/software interfaces (ICDs), execute bench testing, and validate code on target microcontrollers.
- Tooling Support: Utilize Python or shell scripting for host-side tooling, build automation, test harness integration, and flashing utilities.
Qualifications
- Experience: 7+ years of hands-on embedded software engineering experience delivering production-grade firmware for resource-constrained platforms (Automotive, Aerospace, Medical Devices, Industrial Robotics, or Consumer Electronics).
- C/C++ Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in embedded C and C++, including pointers, memory management, concurrency, data structures, compiler behavior, and debugging optimized code.
- RTOS Experience: Proven experience designing and debugging production software on an RTOS, including task scheduling, synchronization, interrupt handling, inter-task communication, resource management, and timing analysis.
- Static Analysis: Hands-on experience using static analysis tools such as Coverity, Polyspace, QAC, Cppcheck, or equivalent tools. Experience triaging findings, correcting defects, and managing justified suppressions is required.
- Full-Stack Real-Time Depth: Solid understanding of entire MCU architectures (ARM Cortex-M/R, TriCore, or similar), bare-metal/RTOS abstractions, register-level driver development, and bus protocols (CAN/CAN-FD, SPI, I2C, Ethernet).
- Hardware Bring-Up & Debugging: Hands-on experience bringing up new silicon/PCBs and using hardware lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bus analyzers) to isolate low-level bugs.
- Functional Safety Background: Working knowledge of developing software under a regulated safety framework (ISO 26262, IEC 62304, DO-178C) with trace-to-requirements discipline.
- Modern Tooling: Proficiency with Git, Bazel, and CI/CD pipelines for automated firmware compilation, static analysis, and testing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Automotive Protocols & Stacks: Direct exposure to ISO 14229 (UDS), SOME/IP, DoIP, or automotive Ethernet stacks.
- Multi-Core & Hardware Security: Experience with multi-core microcontrollers, Hardware Security Modules (HSM), or secure boot implementation.
- Secondary Scripting: Proficiency in Python or C++ for creating custom developer tools, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) automation, or build infrastructure.
- MISRA and Safety Coding Standards: Experience developing software under MISRA C, MISRA C++, CERT C/C++, or comparable coding standards.
- Communication Protocol Development: Experience designing, implementing, integrating, or debugging communication protocols, including message formats, serialization, state machines, error handling, fault recovery, and interoperability testing.
- Object-Oriented Development: Experience developing production software in an object-oriented programming language and applying encapsulation, interface design, composition, and suitable design patterns.
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Senior Level Embedded Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level embedded job?
Employers hiring at the senior level want engineers who own outcomes, not just tasks. That means demonstrating end-to-end ownership of a shipped product, fluency in low-level debugging and hardware-software integration, and a history of setting technical direction for other engineers. Candidates who can speak to architectural decisions they drove, tradeoffs they resolved, and junior engineers they mentored consistently stand out at this stage.
Which companies hire senior level embeddeds?
Companies hiring senior level embeddeds right now include 42dot, Motional Ad, and Canonical USA, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a mix of large semiconductor and defense primes, automotive and industrial OEMs, and well-funded hardware startups looking for engineers who can lead system architecture from day one.
Are there remote senior level embedded jobs?
Yes, though remote availability is more limited than in pure software roles given hardware bring-up requirements. About 18% of senior level embedded openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions tend to favor engineers owning firmware layers or protocol stacks that don't require physical lab access. On-site roles are more common when the work involves prototype hardware or secure environments.
What makes an embedded role senior level?
A senior embedded role is defined by scope and ownership rather than task execution. Senior engineers own subsystem or full product architecture, make binding design decisions, and are accountable for quality across a team's output. They are expected to mentor junior and mid-level engineers, drive code and design reviews, and engage directly with systems, hardware, and product counterparts to resolve integration problems that cut across disciplines.
Which industries hire the most senior level embeddeds?
Senior level embedded roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Manufacturing, and Electronics & Hardware, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive demand because their products ship hardware with long design cycles, strict reliability requirements, and regulatory constraints that demand engineers with the technical depth and judgment to own the embedded stack from architecture through production validation.