Top Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Provides technical leadership for embedded firmware and real-time software development supporting industrial measurement products. Designs software architectures, develops low-level drivers and system software, integrates hardware and software, and leads validation, debugging, optimization, and production release activities. Collaborates with hardware, FPGA, systems, and test engineers; conducts design and code reviews; develops verification strategies; mentors junior engineers; and supports Agile delivery, risk management, and engineering best practices.

Lead embedded software architecture and development for safety-critical products. Drive technical decisions across RTOS and Embedded Linux platforms, implement device drivers and networking protocols, optimize performance and reliability, perform code reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate with hardware, systems, validation, cybersecurity, and product teams to deliver secure, maintainable, scalable embedded solutions.

Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware for microcontrollers and processors. Implement features in C/C++, participate in design and code reviews, create unit/integration tests, debug with hardware tools, integrate software with hardware, write technical documentation, and follow development processes and quality standards.

Provide technical leadership for embedded camera platforms, owning system architecture, on-device software, encoding, storage, streaming, and edge analytics. Lead JDM partner integration, cross-functional alignment, mentorship, architecture/code reviews, and adoption of AI-driven development tools to deliver robust edge devices.

The role involves developing embedded software for medical devices, utilizing C and C++ across various stages of the SDLC.

The Principal Embedded Software Engineer leads the development of complex embedded software for military and space applications, managing technical risks and providing expertise in real-time systems.

Design, architect, develop, and validate embedded system software and low-level firmware (C/C++) for RF, high-speed converters, MEMS, IMU/GNSS sensor fusion and SoC products. Lead prototypes and technology demonstrators, implement DSP and sensor calibration algorithms, and apply ML techniques for sensor optimization, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance. Collaborate cross-functionally with RF, FPGA, and applications teams.

Develop embedded software for micro-controllers and IoT devices. Collaborate with an engineering team on design, development, and testing of security libraries.

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of middleware for mobile robotic platforms. Build process management, communication, logging, diagnostics, telemetry, and observability systems. Deploy, validate, and troubleshoot software on physical robots and simulations while supporting reliable distributed services. The role requires production C++ development, Linux systems expertise, process management, networking, IPC, and system services knowledge, with ROS2 and DDS experience preferred.

Design and implement high-performance, 3GPP-compliant 5G Core control- and user-plane functions on ARM-based embedded Linux. Develop in C/Go/Rust, use DPDK for packet processing, optimize latency/throughput, debug protocol and performance issues, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate carrier-grade systems.

The role involves developing system software for NVIDIA's DPU, including firmware and drivers, collaborating with hardware teams, and tackling system-level optimizations.

Design, develop, and optimize platform-level embedded software and reusable frameworks for telecom products (including 5G). Collaborate across systems teams, perform architecture and code reviews, support integrations with customers/partners, and mentor engineers while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability on heterogeneous processors.

Develop mission-critical embedded and application software in C++ and Rust for software-defined radar systems and weather satellite constellations. Design interfaces connecting payload controllers, processors, and spacecraft subsystems; integrate software with hardware, firmware, and systems; and support radar configuration, command, control, and data acquisition. Diagnose issues across software, firmware, and hardware boundaries while delivering reliable, maintainable solutions for SoC-based platforms.

Develop and maintain embedded Linux systems for autonomous platforms, including bootloaders, kernels, root filesystems, device drivers, device trees, security features, and performance optimization. Build Python or Bash automation and CI test frameworks. Collaborate with hardware engineers on requirements, schematics, board bring-up, and debugging of high-speed interfaces using laboratory and JTAG tools.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop and optimize embedded software for the Matter protocol, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to enhance IoT applications.

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will develop embedded Android and Linux solutions for IoT devices, debug system-level issues, optimize code, and mentor junior engineers.

The role requires experience in Embedded C development, knowledge of system power optimization, and familiarity with BLE technology. IEC 62304 knowledge is a plus.

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer develops advanced software solutions, evaluates requirements, designs algorithms, mentors engineers, and manages project risks in real-time systems.

Design and implement automated tests, frameworks, and fixtures for embedded hardware and software. Execute regression, performance, stress, and reliability tests. Build and maintain R&D and production test environments, collaborate to debug firmware and hardware, define testability in design reviews, support manufacturing partners, and enable customers onsite (10-20% travel).

Provides technical leadership for designing, developing, optimizing, porting, and certifying GPGPU and AI inference libraries built on Vulkan SC drivers. The role targets embedded GPU platforms such as Arm Mali and Intel, maintains AI model testing infrastructure, defines validation standards, supports customer deployments, and troubleshoots drivers. It also involves documentation, competitive analysis, cross-functional architecture decisions, mentoring, onboarding, and exploring emerging AI compute capabilities.

Develop and maintain embedded firmware and kernel/user-mode device drivers for Ethernet-based networking devices. Design, implement, test, and integrate drivers into a Linux and AUTOSAR communication stack, build SDK components, and create debug/test utilities and automated unit/system tests for safety-critical automotive applications.

As a Junior Embedded Software Development Engineer, you will contribute to embedded firmware development, collaborate with teams to deliver reliable software, and support music service integrations.

Optimize Ubuntu integration across latest IoT and server-class hardware, lead customer engagements, and work with open source communities in a remote, collaborative environment.

Serve as an embedded Linux expert on customer projects: design and refactor real-time architectures, develop Linux kernel drivers, debug low-level hardware/software issues, optimize kernel performance, collaborate with customers and internal teams, lead technical efforts, produce high-quality deliverables, and create technical proposals to support product lifecycle and certification.

Design and implement embedded firmware and low-level software for server BMCs and GPU/HPC platforms. Enhance OpenBMC, enable real-time telemetry of power/thermal sensors, debug low-level drivers and interfaces, validate hardware-firmware integration, and contribute to long-term firmware architecture for cluster reliability.