Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Indiana
Embedded Software Engineer jobs in Indiana are concentrated in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and South Bend, where manufacturers and defense contractors like Rolls-Royce, Raytheon, and Cummins maintain significant engineering operations. Demand is strongest for engineers with experience in real-time operating systems, automotive and industrial control systems, and firmware development for safety-critical applications. Openings range from associate-level roles to senior and principal engineers leading product development cycles. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
Find JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 11+ Embedded Software Engineer jobs
About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.
About this role
We are seeking a Senior Firmware & Embedded Engineer to design, develop, and optimize embedded firmware for next-generation air conditioning products.
These solutions require the product development coordination of embedded controls technologies with state-of-the-art GUIs, cloud, and mobile app interactivity. This individual would be responsible for leading the embedded software Wi-Fi development activities of the embedded software group for various embedded products.
In this role, you will contribute to architecture decisions, solve complex technical challenges, and collaborate with hardware, systems, and production teams. You will support critical technical topics, provide guidance to other engineers, and help ensure our products meet global standards for quality, reliability, safety, and cybersecurity.
Our engineering teams take on some of the most unique and exciting global challenges in climate technology. To maintain our position as a global leader, we are looking for talented, ambitious, and results-oriented engineers who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to contribute to Carrier’s continued legacy of innovation and success.
This is a full-time, onsite position located in Indianapolis, IN, operating on a standard Monday through Friday, day shift schedule.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide architectural documentation regarding project scope to technical design team.
- Provide cybersecurity reviews during product development, design, and implementation phases.
- Provide architectural knowledge to product owners and other leadership during scrums.
- Provide detailed workflows, project timelines, and project deliverables to eligible engineers, leadership, and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, mobile, and cloud engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end functionality.
- Lead software development lifecycle from project scope to code and design to product release and implementation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years of experience in the design and development of Linux embedded software.
- 5+ years of experience in C/C++ programming for embedded systems.
- 3+ years’ experience writing RTOS and/or bare metal programming.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related technical discipline.
- Experience identifying, prompting, and implementing AI strategies and recommendations into software development.
- Experience in unit test cases on frameworks (Google test) and support CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery) pipelines.
- Participate in code reviews, documentation, and system debugging.
- Strong hardware/electrical knowledge. You should know how to evaluate if your firmware is working as expected by probing the hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.).
- Demonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (Agile design, code reviews, design documentation, unit test, test driven development)
- Experience with Embedded systems’ standard design elements - bootloaders, OTA (Over-the-Air), firmware applications.
- Experience connecting embedded devices to major cloud platforms, such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) IoT (Internet of Things) Core, Azure IoT Hub, or GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
- Experience with embedded IoT (Internet of Things) protocols and architectures, including MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport), Sparkplug, HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), device-to-cloud communication, and OTA (Over-the-Air) updates.
- Experience with one or more wireless communication technologies and protocols, including Bluetooth, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 standards), Zigbee/Z-Wave (IEEE 802.15.4 low-power mesh networks), LoRa (Long Range), and cellular connectivity.
- Experience with common wired messaging architectures and protocols, including UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter), RS232/RS485 (Recommended Standard 232/485), I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit), SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), and CAN (Controller Area Network) protocols (CAN-TP, CANopen).
- Experience with one or more embedded GUI (Graphical User Interface) frameworks, such as Qt, Crank Storyboard, or LVGL (Light and Versatile Graphics Library).
- Understanding of Network protocols (TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UDP Sockets (User Datagram Protocol), IPV4 (Internet Protocol version 4), IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).
- Understanding of cyber security technologies and best practices (encryption, key management, certificates/exchanges, HMACs (Hash-based Message Authentication Code), PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), HSMs (Hardware Security Module), Secure Boot).
- Experience in the use of Jira/Confluence, ADO (Azure DevOps) or other software development tools
- Experience with ftp, TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) boot, NFS (Network File System).
- Experience with open-source code, communities, and licenses.
- Experience with HVAC Controls Systems and Energy Storage Systems experience.
- Proficient in debugging multi-threaded applications using GDB (GNU Debugger), perf (Performance Events), and JTAG (Joint Test Action Group).
- Experience with Yocto Project or Buildroot to create and customize Linux images.
Pay Range
Other Compensation
This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
Retirement Benefits
Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process
Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier.Recruiting@carrier.com. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 15 October 2026Job Applicant's Privacy Notice
Please click on the link to review the Job Applicant Privacy Notice.
Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.
About this role
We are seeking a Senior Firmware & Embedded Engineer to design, develop, and optimize embedded firmware for next-generation air conditioning products.
These solutions require the product development coordination of embedded controls technologies with state-of-the-art GUIs, cloud, and mobile app interactivity. This individual would be responsible for leading the embedded software Wi-Fi development activities of the embedded software group for various embedded products.
In this role, you will contribute to architecture decisions, solve complex technical challenges, and collaborate with hardware, systems, and production teams. You will support critical technical topics, provide guidance to other engineers, and help ensure our products meet global standards for quality, reliability, safety, and cybersecurity.
Our engineering teams take on some of the most unique and exciting global challenges in climate technology. To maintain our position as a global leader, we are looking for talented, ambitious, and results-oriented engineers who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to contribute to Carrier’s continued legacy of innovation and success.
This is a full-time, onsite position located in Indianapolis, IN, operating on a standard Monday through Friday, day shift schedule.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide architectural documentation regarding project scope to technical design team.
- Provide cybersecurity reviews during product development, design, and implementation phases.
- Provide architectural knowledge to product owners and other leadership during scrums.
- Provide detailed workflows, project timelines, and project deliverables to eligible engineers, leadership, and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, mobile, and cloud engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end functionality.
- Lead software development lifecycle from project scope to code and design to product release and implementation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years of experience in the design and development of Linux embedded software.
- 5+ years of experience in C/C++ programming for embedded systems.
- 3+ years’ experience writing RTOS and/or bare metal programming.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related technical discipline.
- Experience identifying, prompting, and implementing AI strategies and recommendations into software development.
- Experience in unit test cases on frameworks (Google test) and support CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery) pipelines.
- Participate in code reviews, documentation, and system debugging.
- Strong hardware/electrical knowledge. You should know how to evaluate if your firmware is working as expected by probing the hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.).
- Demonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (Agile design, code reviews, design documentation, unit test, test driven development)
- Experience with Embedded systems’ standard design elements - bootloaders, OTA (Over-the-Air), firmware applications.
- Experience connecting embedded devices to major cloud platforms, such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) IoT (Internet of Things) Core, Azure IoT Hub, or GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
- Experience with embedded IoT (Internet of Things) protocols and architectures, including MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport), Sparkplug, HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), device-to-cloud communication, and OTA (Over-the-Air) updates.
- Experience with one or more wireless communication technologies and protocols, including Bluetooth, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 standards), Zigbee/Z-Wave (IEEE 802.15.4 low-power mesh networks), LoRa (Long Range), and cellular connectivity.
- Experience with common wired messaging architectures and protocols, including UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter), RS232/RS485 (Recommended Standard 232/485), I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit), SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), and CAN (Controller Area Network) protocols (CAN-TP, CANopen).
- Experience with one or more embedded GUI (Graphical User Interface) frameworks, such as Qt, Crank Storyboard, or LVGL (Light and Versatile Graphics Library).
- Understanding of Network protocols (TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UDP Sockets (User Datagram Protocol), IPV4 (Internet Protocol version 4), IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).
- Understanding of cyber security technologies and best practices (encryption, key management, certificates/exchanges, HMACs (Hash-based Message Authentication Code), PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), HSMs (Hardware Security Module), Secure Boot).
- Experience in the use of Jira/Confluence, ADO (Azure DevOps) or other software development tools
- Experience with ftp, TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) boot, NFS (Network File System).
- Experience with open-source code, communities, and licenses.
- Experience with HVAC Controls Systems and Energy Storage Systems experience.
- Proficient in debugging multi-threaded applications using GDB (GNU Debugger), perf (Performance Events), and JTAG (Joint Test Action Group).
- Experience with Yocto Project or Buildroot to create and customize Linux images.
Pay Range
Other Compensation
This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
Retirement Benefits
Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process
Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at Carrier.Recruiting@carrier.com. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date: 15 October 2026Job Applicant's Privacy Notice
Please click on the link to review the Job Applicant Privacy Notice.
Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
See All 11 Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Indiana
Find roles in Indiana that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find JobsEmbedded Software Engineer Jobs by City in Indiana
Where Indiana roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Embedded Software Engineer Job Market in Indiana
A snapshot from current Indiana openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
What Indiana Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in embedded software engineer jobs across Indiana.
- Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science required
- Proficiency in C or C++ for embedded systems development and firmware programming
- Experience with real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, VxWorks, or QNX
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, microprocessors, and hardware debugging tools like JTAG
- Knowledge of communication protocols including CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and Ethernet
- Experience with version control systems, unit testing frameworks, and software development lifecycles
Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Indiana: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a embedded software engineer in Indiana?
Embedded software engineers in Indiana are not required to hold a state-issued professional license for most private-sector roles. The typical path is a bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science, followed by entry-level roles at Indiana manufacturers or defense contractors. Engineers working on safety-critical systems in aerospace or defense may pursue additional certifications such as IPC or JTAG standards. Building a portfolio of firmware or microcontroller projects strengthens candidacy with Indiana employers.
How much do embedded software engineers make in Indiana?
Embedded software engineers in Indiana earn a median of about $105,920 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $74,850 for the lowest 10% to over $164,650 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire embedded software engineers in Indiana?
Indiana embedded software engineer roles are posted by General Dynamics Mission Systems, Carrier, and Glassboard and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Indiana's concentration of defense, automotive, and industrial manufacturing firms makes it a consistent market for embedded engineers across a wide range of platforms and industries.
Which Indiana cities have the most embedded software engineer jobs?
Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and Carmel account for the most embedded software engineer openings in Indiana. Indianapolis anchors the market as the state's largest metro with a broad base of manufacturing, defense, and technology employers, while Fort Wayne and South Bend draw openings from automotive suppliers, industrial equipment makers, and aerospace operations that maintain significant engineering headcount in those regions.
Are there remote embedded software engineer jobs in Indiana?
Yes, but they're rare. Embedded software engineering involves hands-on work with hardware, prototypes, and lab equipment, which limits full remote arrangements compared to purely software-focused roles. About 20% of embedded software engineer openings tied to Indiana are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with most of those concentrated in the software and firmware design phases of a project rather than integration and testing work.
How can I get hired as a embedded software engineer in Indiana with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an internship or co-op program at one of Indiana's large manufacturing or defense employers, many of which recruit directly from Purdue University, Indiana University, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. New graduates often move into roles titled firmware engineer, software test engineer, or embedded systems technician before advancing. Building personal projects using microcontrollers and contributing to open-source embedded repositories demonstrates practical skills to Indiana hiring managers reviewing candidates without industry experience.
Where can I find and apply to embedded software engineer jobs in Indiana?
You can find and apply to embedded software engineer jobs in Indiana on Migrate Mate, which lists current Indiana openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and target location, and apply directly to the positions that fit.
See All 11 Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Indiana
Find roles in Indiana that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Jobs