The Role
Designs, develops, debugs, tests, and maintains embedded software and firmware for microcontroller- and processor-based systems. Responsibilities include C/C++ development, embedded Linux and RTOS integration, hardware interface development, board bring-up, driver and system-service development, debugging, testing, performance optimization, documentation, and collaboration with hardware and systems engineering teams. The role also supports product verification, manufacturing, field deployment, and software reliability improvements.
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Description
Position Description
The Embedded Software Engineer will design, develop, test, and maintain embedded software for next-generation products. The ideal candidate will have strong C/C++ programming skills, experience developing embedded Linux software, and a solid understanding of hardware/software integration. This role will work closely with electrical, mechanical, systems, and test engineers to translate product requirements into reliable, production-ready embedded software.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Design, develop, debug, and maintain embedded software for microcontroller- and processor-based systems.
- Develop software primarily in C/C++, including low-level drivers, hardware interfaces, application code, and system services.
- Develop, configure, customize, and maintain embedded Linux systems and associated build tools.
- Integrate and configure real-time operating systems (RTOS), middleware, communication stacks, and third-party software components.
- Develop and maintain firmware for interfaces such as SPI, I²C, UART, USB, Ethernet, and GPIO.
- Collaborate with hardware engineers to bring up new circuit boards and troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues.
- Analyze system requirements and translate them into robust software architectures and implementation plans.
- Perform unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Use embedded debugging tools, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other laboratory equipment to diagnose system-level issues.
- Use Git for source-code management, branching, merging, and code collaboration.
- Use JIRA to track software development tasks, defects, requirements, and project progress.
- Use development tools like Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and others to implement and debug embedded software.
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and software development process improvements.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including software specifications, design documentation, and test procedures.
- Support product verification, validation, manufacturing, and field-deployment activities.
- Identify and resolve software defects and contribute to continuous improvement of product reliability and performance.
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Requirements
Required
- BS in Computer Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent
- 3+ years in software and firmware engineering
- Exceptional Communication skills · Strong proficiency in C and C++ programming.
- Experience developing software for microcontrollers or embedded processors.
- Experience developing and maintaining embedded Linux systems.
- Experience with Git for source-code management and collaborative software development.
- Proficiency with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or a comparable integrated development environment.
- Solid understanding of embedded systems concepts, including interrupts, timers, memory management, concurrency, and hardware interfaces.
- Experience with embedded debugging tools and software development workflows.
- Familiarity with software development processes, code reviews, testing methodologies, and configuration management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to read and understand schematics, datasheets, and hardware specifications.
Desired
- Familiarity with UEFI BIOS and Intel x86 architectures
- Familiarity with ARM & embedded Linux development
- Familiarity with PIC microcontroller development and other bare-metal and low-level firmware
- Experience with the Yocto Project, including recipes, custom layers, BitBake, machine configurations, and image customization.
- Experience with RTOS, such as FreeRTOS.
- Experience with ARM processors.
- Familiarity with Intel architecture.
- Strong experience with embedded Linux system development and Linux kernel configuration.
- Experience developing device drivers, bootloaders, BSPs, or board-support software.
- Experience with secure boot, firmware updates, cybersecurity, or embedded device security
- Knowledge of FIPS-140-2, TPM, Bitlocker, STIG, and/or other security technologies
- Scripting experience – bash, Zsh, Powershell, Python
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
- 3+ years of software and firmware engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in C and C++ programming
- Experience developing software for microcontrollers or embedded processors
- Experience developing and maintaining embedded Linux systems
- Experience with Git for source-code management and collaborative development
- Proficiency with Visual Studio Code or a comparable integrated development environment
- Understanding of interrupts, timers, memory management, concurrency, and hardware interfaces
- Experience with embedded debugging tools and software development workflows
- Familiarity with software development processes, code reviews, testing methodologies, and configuration management
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Ability to read and understand schematics, datasheets, and hardware specifications
- Familiarity with UEFI BIOS and Intel x86 architectures
- Familiarity with ARM and embedded Linux development
- Familiarity with PIC microcontroller development and bare-metal firmware
- Experience with the Yocto Project, recipes, custom layers, BitBake, machine configurations, and image customization
- Experience with an RTOS such as FreeRTOS
- Experience with ARM processors
- Strong experience with embedded Linux system development and Linux kernel configuration
- Experience developing device drivers, bootloaders, BSPs, or board-support software
- Experience with secure boot, firmware updates, cybersecurity, or embedded device security
- Knowledge of FIPS 140-2, TPM, BitLocker, STIG, or related security technologies
- Scripting experience with Bash, Zsh, PowerShell, or Python
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The Company
What We Do
Trenton Systems is a trusted computing innovator providing cybersecure, tactical edge computing solutions to the defense and aerospace industries. Established in 1989 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company is a pioneer of made-in-USA computing solutions and has endured firmly and unwaveringly at the forefront of the high-performance computing industry for more than 30 years, designing, manufacturing, assembling, testing, and supporting customer-driven rugged computers that accelerate and underpin the world’s mission-critical programs, applications, and critical infrastructure processes.
