Embedded Application Engineer

Embedded Software Engineer Mid-level (L4 equivalent) 2-5 years

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The job description

Tech stack. C/C++, application-layer frameworks, ARM Cortex-A/M, embedded Linux or RTOS, middleware integration, scripting (Python/Lua), customer-facing integration support

About the role

You will join a platform company whose embedded SDK powers third-party products across smart home, industrial, and retail markets. The embedded applications team builds the application layer on top of the company's platform: reference applications, middleware integrations, and the sample code that becomes customers' starting point. This role matters because customers judge the platform by what they can build in a week, and your application-layer work is the difference between a powerful SDK and a usable one.

What you will achieve

Ship three production-quality reference applications (for example voice control, sensor dashboards, and local automation rules) that customers deploy as starting templates within days, each with a getting-started guide under ten pages
Drive middleware integration for two major protocol stacks, cutting customer time-to-first-working-prototype from six weeks to two as measured in onboarding surveys, and publish the integration as a reusable SDK module
Reduce integration support tickets by 40% by building self-diagnosing application templates with clear error reporting that points customers to the fix
Build the application-layer OTA and configuration management story, giving customers safe field updates with automatic rollback and no platform-team help required
Own the developer documentation for the application layer, with measured adoption: 70% of new customers starting from your reference code within their first month, tracked through SDK download and onboarding analytics

What you will bring

Must-haves

2-5 years building application-layer software on embedded platforms, Linux-based or RTOS-based, that shipped to customers
Strong C/C++ with experience structuring larger applications: state machines, event loops, and plugin or module architectures
Familiarity with at least one embedded application framework or middleware stack and its configuration model
Experience integrating third-party libraries into resource-constrained targets, managing memory and dependency tradeoffs
Comfort working directly with customer engineering teams: reproducing their issues and explaining platform behavior clearly
Scripting ability in Python or Lua for tooling, configuration management, or test automation
Clear technical writing for samples, guides, and API documentation that developers can follow without calling support

Nice-to-haves

Experience with UI frameworks on embedded targets such as LVGL or Qt for MCUs
Knowledge of cloud-to-device application patterns including shadow state and command routing
Prior experience in a customer-facing engineering role with measurable satisfaction outcomes