Embedded Software Engineer

Job Title: Embedded Software Engineer

Job Location: Indianapolis, IN (onsite)

Pay Range: $57 – $62/hr

Contract: 7 months with possible extensions or C2H

Job Description :

The Embedded Software Engineer will design, develop, debug, and maintain firmware for hardware-based systems. This role will collaborate closely with hardware and engineering teams to ensure reliable integration, performance, and functionality of embedded products.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop embedded firmware using C for microcontroller-based systems.
• Design and maintain bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware.
• Work with ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers and interrupt-driven architectures.
• Implement and troubleshoot peripherals including DMA, timers, watchdogs, GPIO, UART, SPI, and I2C.
• Develop bootloaders and firmware update mechanisms, including wireless OTA updates.
• Perform low-level debugging using tools such as J-Link, SWD, and GDB.
• Design firmware with a focus on reliability, efficiency, and low-power operation.
• Collaborate with hardware teams on system integration and troubleshooting.

Required Skills

• Embedded C
• ARM Cortex-M
• Bare-metal and RTOS firmware
• Embedded peripherals and interrupt-driven systems
• Wireless communication and mesh networking
• Firmware debugging and testing
• Bootloaders and OTA updates
• Embedded security concepts
• Git and software development best practices

Wireless & Networking Requirements

• Hands-on experience with wireless embedded systems and communication protocols.
• Experience with Z-Wave, proprietary sub-GHz protocols, mesh networking, or low-power wireless sensor networks.
• Knowledge of RF coexistence and wireless OTA firmware updates.
• Experience with wireless protocol layers, including MAC/PHY-level development or customization, is highly preferred.
• Experience with wireless SDKs and custom protocol implementation is a strong advantage.
• Silicon Labs / Z-Wave Experience
• Experience with the following is strongly preferred:
• Silicon Labs wireless platforms and SDKs
• Simplicity Studio
• Silicon Labs Gecko SDK
• Wireless stack APIs
• Z-Wave 700/800 series
• SmartStart and S2 security
• OTA DFU mechanisms
• Zniffer packet analysis and PTI packet tracing
• Security & Firmware Practices
• Understanding of secure boot and firmware signing.
• Experience with key provisioning and secure credential storage.
• Knowledge of encrypted OTA updates and secure authentication/pairing.
• Awareness of replay protection and embedded device security practices.
• Experience developing modular, event-driven, and state-machine-based firmware.
• Familiarity with hardware abstraction layers, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and firmware documentation.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

This is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite resumes from all qualified, interested parties, regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under national or local law.

Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Thanks & Regards

Archit Sharma

Senior Associate – Recruitment – EST

609-353-5246

[email protected]

420 Lexington Ave, 30th FL. New York, NY 10170

www.russelltobin.com/