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Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Hillsborough, CA 94010

Posted: 10/09/2025 Employment Type: Direct Hire Job Number: 31047 Job Location: Remote Industry: AUTO - Automotive

Job Description

Position Title: Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting remote Direct Hire Staff Embedded Software Engineer opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Designing and developing infrastructure software on various hardware platforms for applications such as Vision Processing, Radar systems, Safety monitoring etc., to be run on self-driving vehicles
  • Designing firmware components such as device drivers and kernel libraries
  • Designing test harnesses for embedded software components as well as full systems
  • Providing technical mentorship to engineers
  • Proactively supports the team with engineering support in their product area.

Job Qualifications:
  • Experience with creating detailed requirements from use cases.
  • Ability to lead a technical initiative, including breaking down work and guiding other engineers through execution.
  • Experience writing software for embedded platforms in C and C++.
  • Experience with TDD - unit tests and integration tests.
  • Experience working on embedded Linux / RTOSs.
  • Experience working with networks (Ethernet, CAN etc.) and the common networking protocols.
  • Experience with debugging on embedded platforms.
  • Experience writing software in Python and experience doing automation with shell scripting.
  • Experience working with ARM Cortex MCUs or Microprocessors
Preferred Skills:
  • Experience working with large data pipelines, and platforms that require deterministic execution.
  • Experience using inter-system communication protocols such as I2C and SPI
  • Experience deploying Machine Learning models.
  • Experience working with FGPAs and GPUs.
  • Experience working directly with the Linux kernel or Device Drivers.
  • Experience working with RTOSs such as FreeRTOS, ThreadX or PreemptRT.
  • Experience with Simulation and Code Generation, and knowing when their use is appropriate.

Job Details:
  • Job Type: Direct Hire
  • Location: Remote
  • Salary Range Rate: $155-207K.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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