Senior Staff Engineer Jobs in Massachusetts
Senior Staff Engineer jobs in Massachusetts are in strong demand, with the state ranking among the most active markets for senior technical leadership in software systems, hardware and semiconductor design, and defense and aerospace engineering. The heaviest concentration of openings is in Greater Boston, Cambridge, and the Route 128 corridor, where anchor employers such as Raytheon Technologies, MathWorks, and IBM maintain large engineering organizations. The most sought-after specialties include distributed systems architecture, embedded software, and systems integration for defense and life-sciences platforms. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.
Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer
Boston, MA
In this role, you will help develop foundational embedded software that enables customers to build reliable, power-efficient wireless products on Silicon Labs devices. You will work on software that supports both proprietary and standards-based wireless systems, contributing to technology used across a broad range of IoT applications.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced embedded engineer who enjoys working close to the hardware, solving complex technical problems, and owning software from concept through release. While experience in wireless systems is a plus, we are also excited to hear from candidates with strong embedded systems fundamentals who want to grow deeper in wireless applications.
Meet the Team
The RAIL team develops the Radio Abstraction Interface Layer (RAIL), a common radio software platform that helps customers build wireless applications without needing to master device-specific radio details. Our work enables everything from low-power battery-operated devices to more complex multi-protocol systems.
As part of this team, you will collaborate closely with firmware, silicon, systems, and test engineers to deliver high-quality embedded software that helps customers build innovative connected products.
Responsibilities
As a Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer on the RAIL team, you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for Silicon Labs low-power wireless MCUs and SDKs
- Own software features from requirements and design through implementation, validation, release, and long-term support
- Build and enhance low-level firmware components such as device drivers, initialization and startup code, timing-sensitive system software, and radio control features
- Optimize software for performance, reliability, power efficiency, and memory/CPU utilization in real-time embedded environments
- Debug complex issues across software, firmware, hardware, and system boundaries using lab tools and debuggers
- Collaborate with hardware, silicon, systems, and product teams to define requirements, review designs, and support bring-up of new devices
- Contribute to automated test, validation, and development tooling to improve product quality and engineering efficiency
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions that raise engineering quality across the team
- Mentor and support other engineers through technical guidance, collaboration, and best practices
Skills You Will Need
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in embedded software or firmware development
- Strong programming skills in Embedded C and/or C++
- Experience developing software for microcontrollers in resource-constrained, real-time environments, including bare metal and/or RTOS-based systems
- Strong debugging skills at the hardware/software boundary, with hands-on experience using tools such as debuggers, JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers
- Experience working on low-level embedded software such as device drivers, interrupts, peripheral interfaces, timing-sensitive code, or memory-constrained systems
- Experience taking features from design through implementation, test, and release
- Experience with artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools and technologies used to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
The following qualifications will be considered as a plus:
- Experience with wireless or connectivity technologies such as Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, or proprietary radio systems
- Experience with communication stacks, radio control software, PHY/MAC-related functionality, or other timing-critical embedded software
- Experience optimizing embedded systems for low power, performance, and reliability
- Experience with common embedded interfaces and peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, DMA, timers, and interrupts
- Experience with Python or similar scripting languages for tooling, automation, testing, or build workflows
- Experience with automated test, CI, validation frameworks, or hardware-in-the-loop test environments
- Experience with silicon bring-up, hardware validation, or close collaboration with chip or board design teams
- Experience with multi-core microcontrollers, concurrency, synchronization, or shared-resource challenges
- Familiarity with assembly on ARM, RISC-V, or similar MCU architectures
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar) to support prototyping, test development, debugging, automation, and documentation, with strong engineering judgment and validation practices
Why Join Silicon Labs
- Work on foundational wireless technology used across a wide range of IoT products
- Solve interesting technical problems at the intersection of embedded software, hardware, and wireless systems
- Collaborate with experienced engineers across firmware, silicon, systems, and test
- Make a direct impact on technology that helps customers bring connected products to market faster
- Continue growing your technical depth in embedded systems and wireless applications
Benefits & Perks
You can look forward to the following benefits:
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental & vision plans
- Flexible vacation plan.
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Charitable contribution match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Monthly wellness offerings
- Free snacks
- Monthly company updates with our CEO
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The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $124,600 - $231,400 USD. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location where work will be performed and applicant’s skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, equity package and a comprehensive benefits package.
Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.
Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer
Boston, MA
In this role, you will help develop foundational embedded software that enables customers to build reliable, power-efficient wireless products on Silicon Labs devices. You will work on software that supports both proprietary and standards-based wireless systems, contributing to technology used across a broad range of IoT applications.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced embedded engineer who enjoys working close to the hardware, solving complex technical problems, and owning software from concept through release. While experience in wireless systems is a plus, we are also excited to hear from candidates with strong embedded systems fundamentals who want to grow deeper in wireless applications.
Meet the Team
The RAIL team develops the Radio Abstraction Interface Layer (RAIL), a common radio software platform that helps customers build wireless applications without needing to master device-specific radio details. Our work enables everything from low-power battery-operated devices to more complex multi-protocol systems.
As part of this team, you will collaborate closely with firmware, silicon, systems, and test engineers to deliver high-quality embedded software that helps customers build innovative connected products.
Responsibilities
As a Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer on the RAIL team, you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for Silicon Labs low-power wireless MCUs and SDKs
- Own software features from requirements and design through implementation, validation, release, and long-term support
- Build and enhance low-level firmware components such as device drivers, initialization and startup code, timing-sensitive system software, and radio control features
- Optimize software for performance, reliability, power efficiency, and memory/CPU utilization in real-time embedded environments
- Debug complex issues across software, firmware, hardware, and system boundaries using lab tools and debuggers
- Collaborate with hardware, silicon, systems, and product teams to define requirements, review designs, and support bring-up of new devices
- Contribute to automated test, validation, and development tooling to improve product quality and engineering efficiency
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions that raise engineering quality across the team
- Mentor and support other engineers through technical guidance, collaboration, and best practices
Skills You Will Need
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in embedded software or firmware development
- Strong programming skills in Embedded C and/or C++
- Experience developing software for microcontrollers in resource-constrained, real-time environments, including bare metal and/or RTOS-based systems
- Strong debugging skills at the hardware/software boundary, with hands-on experience using tools such as debuggers, JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers
- Experience working on low-level embedded software such as device drivers, interrupts, peripheral interfaces, timing-sensitive code, or memory-constrained systems
- Experience taking features from design through implementation, test, and release
- Experience with artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools and technologies used to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
The following qualifications will be considered as a plus:
- Experience with wireless or connectivity technologies such as Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, or proprietary radio systems
- Experience with communication stacks, radio control software, PHY/MAC-related functionality, or other timing-critical embedded software
- Experience optimizing embedded systems for low power, performance, and reliability
- Experience with common embedded interfaces and peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, DMA, timers, and interrupts
- Experience with Python or similar scripting languages for tooling, automation, testing, or build workflows
- Experience with automated test, CI, validation frameworks, or hardware-in-the-loop test environments
- Experience with silicon bring-up, hardware validation, or close collaboration with chip or board design teams
- Experience with multi-core microcontrollers, concurrency, synchronization, or shared-resource challenges
- Familiarity with assembly on ARM, RISC-V, or similar MCU architectures
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar) to support prototyping, test development, debugging, automation, and documentation, with strong engineering judgment and validation practices
Why Join Silicon Labs
- Work on foundational wireless technology used across a wide range of IoT products
- Solve interesting technical problems at the intersection of embedded software, hardware, and wireless systems
- Collaborate with experienced engineers across firmware, silicon, systems, and test
- Make a direct impact on technology that helps customers bring connected products to market faster
- Continue growing your technical depth in embedded systems and wireless applications
Benefits & Perks
You can look forward to the following benefits:
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental & vision plans
- Flexible vacation plan.
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Charitable contribution match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Monthly wellness offerings
- Free snacks
- Monthly company updates with our CEO
# LI AA1
The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $124,600 - $231,400 USD. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location where work will be performed and applicant’s skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, equity package and a comprehensive benefits package.
Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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What Massachusetts Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior staff engineer jobs across Massachusetts.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline
- Ten or more years of progressive engineering experience with at least three in a staff or principal-level role
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and lead cross-functional engineering teams on large-scale systems
- Deep expertise in at least one core domain such as distributed systems, embedded firmware, or hardware-software integration
- Experience driving architecture reviews, design standards, and long-term technical roadmaps across multiple product lines
- Strong communication skills with a record of influencing senior stakeholders, product managers, and executive leadership
Senior Staff Engineer Jobs in Massachusetts: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a senior staff engineer in Massachusetts?
Most paths to a senior staff engineer role in Massachusetts run through a bachelor's or master's degree in an engineering or computer science field followed by a decade or more of progressively senior technical work. Massachusetts does not require a state-issued professional engineering license for most software and systems roles, though engineers working on public infrastructure or certain defense contracts may pursue Professional Engineer registration through the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Employers in Greater Boston and along the Route 128 corridor typically value advanced degrees, open-source contributions, or published patents as differentiating credentials.
Which companies hire senior staff engineers in Massachusetts?
Employers hiring senior staff engineers in Massachusetts right now include Boston Dynamics, Lightmatter, and Infineon Technologies, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Massachusetts's deep concentration of defense contractors, life-sciences technology firms, and enterprise software companies means demand for senior technical leadership remains consistent across sectors year-round.
Which Massachusetts cities have the most senior staff engineer jobs?
Boston, Waltham, and Andover account for the largest share of senior staff engineer openings in Massachusetts. Greater Boston and Cambridge drive the majority of listings due to their dense cluster of technology companies, academic medical centers, and defense contractors, while suburban Route 128 corridor cities attract significant volume from established hardware and systems engineering organizations headquartered there.
Are there remote senior staff engineer jobs in Massachusetts?
Yes, and more than most fields. Senior staff engineering work is heavily design, architecture, and code-review focused, making it well suited to remote and hybrid arrangements. About 59% of senior staff engineer openings tied to Massachusetts are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting how broadly Massachusetts employers have adopted flexible models for senior individual contributors. Roles involving classified defense programs or specialized hardware labs are the most likely exceptions requiring regular on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a senior staff engineer in Massachusetts with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an associate or junior engineer role at a Massachusetts employer that runs structured rotation or mentorship programs, such as the large defense and aerospace organizations along the Route 128 corridor or the enterprise software companies based in Greater Boston. Lateral moves from roles like software engineer, systems engineer, or hardware design engineer are common stepping stones. Pursuing a master's degree at a Massachusetts research university while working part-time, contributing to open-source projects with visible adoption, or earning a relevant cloud or systems architecture certification gives candidates without a long resume a concrete credential to present.
Where can I find and apply to senior staff engineer jobs in Massachusetts?
You can find and apply to senior staff engineer jobs in Massachusetts on Migrate Mate, which lists current Massachusetts openings. Find roles that fit your experience and apply directly.
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