Lead Engineer – Embedded Software Development

Would you like to turn complex subsea challenges into robust, real‑time software solutions?

Are you looking for a place where you can grow your skills in embedded software development and beyond?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy‑technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.

Fuel your passion
As a Lead Engineer – Embedded Software Development, you will play a key role in our Services Subsea Embedded Software team, working across a diverse portfolio of current and legacy subsea products. You will lead the design, development, and maintenance of embedded software for our Subsea Electronics Modules (SEM), as well as the tools and applications used to communicate with, test, and operate these systems. Collaborating closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will help ensure our subsea solutions are safe, reliable, and manufacturable—supporting critical offshore operations around the globe. For our team we are currently looking to hire two new Lead Engineers in Embedded Software Development.

As a Lead Engineer – Embedded Software Development you will be responsible for:

• Driving embedded software design for Subsea Electronics Modules across QNX, bare metal, and Embedded Linux platforms.

• Delivering full software lifecycle including requirements analysis, architecture, coding, integration, and verification.

• Developing communication and control stacks using TCP/IP, CANopen, Modbus, Profibus, TC57, and serial interfaces such as RS232/RS485/RS422.

• Creating tools and support applications in C#, Java, Python, and web based IIoT technologies for configuration, diagnostics, and testing.

• Optimizing real time and multithreaded systems to ensure deterministic performance and high reliability in subsea environments.

• Applying software engineering best practices including object oriented design, code reviews, and Git based version control.

• Collaborating with cross functional engineering teams to align software with hardware architectures such as ARM Cortex M and Infineon C167.

• Supporting field operations and installed systems through troubleshooting, sustaining engineering, and continuous improvement activities.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a relevant technical degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or an equivalent field.

• Bring hands‑on embedded software experience with C/C++ in low‑level, resource‑constrained environments.

• Demonstrate strong C/C++ proficiency (≥ C++11) and experience with Embedded Linux and/or QNX; Tasking C++ is a plus.

• Understand microcontroller and processor architectures such as ARM Cortex M0+/M4 and Infineon C167.

• Have working knowledge of industrial communication protocols including TCP/IP, CANopen, Modbus, Profibus, TC57, and serial standards.

• Use modern development tools and practices including Git and structured, object‑oriented design techniques.

• Add value with complementary software skills such as C#/VB desktop development and basic web/IIoT technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, REST, MQTT, WebSockets).

• Communicate effectively in English and collaborate confidently across multidisciplinary teams.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

• Working in a hybrid model – splitting your time between the office and home, with the flexibility to adjust the balance as you grow into the role

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities

• Comprehensive private medical care options

• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

• Tailored financial programs

• Sports card

• Mobility allowance bonus and lunch card 

• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

• Engineering authorship rights 

• Annual STI - a yearly performance‑based bonus