Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Wireless (IoT)

TL;DR

Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Wireless): Develop foundational embedded software for low-power wireless MCUs and SDKs with an accent on radio abstraction interface, hardware feature support, and power efficiency. Focus on building low-level firmware components, optimizing real-time performance, and debugging complex hardware-software interactions.

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Salary: $124,600 - $231,400 USD

Company

Leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building highly integrated SoCs for smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for low-power wireless MCUs and SDKs.
• Own hardware feature support through the IC lifecycle, from design to long-term maintenance.
• Build low-level firmware components like device drivers, initialization code, and radio control features.
• Optimize software for performance, reliability, power efficiency, and resource utilization in real-time environments.
• Debug issues across software, firmware, hardware, and systems using lab tools.
• Collaborate with hardware, silicon, systems, and product teams on requirements, designs, and device bring-up.
• Contribute to automated testing, validation, and development tooling.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and mentor other engineers.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years in embedded software/firmware development.
• Strong Embedded C/C++ programming skills.
• Experience with microcontrollers in resource-constrained, real-time environments (bare metal/RTOS).
• Strong debugging at hardware/software boundary (debuggers, JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Low-level embedded software experience (device drivers, interrupts, peripherals, timing-sensitive code).
• Full lifecycle experience: design, implementation, test, release.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Wireless technologies (Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, proprietary).
• Communication stacks, radio control, PHY/MAC functionality.
• Low power, performance, reliability optimization.
• Embedded interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, DMA, timers, interrupts).
• Python for tooling/automation/testing.
• Automated test, CI, hardware-in-the-loop.
• Silicon bring-up, hardware validation.
• Multi-core MCUs, concurrency, ARM/RISC-V assembly.
• AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, etc.).

Culture & Benefits

• Great medical (PPO or HSA), dental, vision plans.
• Flexible vacation plan.
• 401k with match, Roth option, equity (RSUs).
• Life/AD&D, disability, flexible spending accounts.
• Adoption assistance, commuter/legal/pet insurance, tuition reimbursement.
• 3 paid volunteer days, charitable match, wellness offerings, free snacks.