Hybrid Staff Embedded Software Developer

at Fortive

• Job title: Staff Embedded Software Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: DAC, Linux, RTOS, TCP/IP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Everett, United States

About the role

• Staff Embedded Software Developer designing and maintaining embedded software for calibration instruments. Collaborating with hardware engineers to ensure precision in complex systems and contributing to technology roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and deployment of embedded software for calibration instruments.
• Develop effective, efficient, and reliable embedded software throughout all project phases: concept, architecture, implementation, verification, release, and sustaining.
• Continuously enhance and modernize the embedded software platform to meet evolving customer needs and maintain a robust development environment.
• Design and debug hardware control loops, including PID, servo, stimulus generation, voltage/current regulation, stability control, and deterministic timing sequences.
• Work directly with electrical engineers and the calibration hardware team to ensure software integrates seamlessly with precision analog/mixed‑signal circuits, ADC/DAC chains, thermal control elements, and low‑noise measurement systems.
• Tune and optimize real‑time system behavior to achieve metrology‑grade stability, repeatability, and traceability.
• Diagnose complex issues across the full stack: interrupts, drivers, peripherals, concurrency, caches, memory protection, and timing anomalies.
• Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD, protocol analyzers, and signal generators to debug hardware interactions.
• Collaborate with validation, systems engineering, and manufacturing test teams to ensure stable, compliant, and verifiable system behavior.
• Provide technical leadership to junior engineers through mentorship, architecture reviews, and design guidance.
• Influence product direction by identifying risks, proposing architectural improvements, and contributing to technology roadmaps.
• Communicate effectively across software, hardware, verification, manufacturing, and quality teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or closely related fields.
• 10+ years of experience developing embedded firmware/software in environments such as:
• Embedded Linux, POSIX‑based RTOS (Zephyr, QNX, etc.)
• Real‑time schedulers (FreeRTOS or equivalent)
• Bare‑metal systems for MCUs
• Strong proficiency in C/C++, embedded toolchains, cross‑compilers, GCC/Clang, Make/CMake, and modern build systems.
• Experience with:
• Hardware control loops and real‑time signal processing
• ADC/DAC subsystems, sensor interfaces, timing‑critical routines
• Device drivers, interrupts, concurrency, memory models, and OS fundamentals
• Networking and connectivity stacks (TCP/IP, USB, GPIB)
• Proven ability to work at OS, driver, and low‑level hardware layers.
• Strong debugging skills using embedded instrumentation tools.

Benefits

• We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer