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Senior Embedded Software Lead

TALENT Software Services
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/30/2026
Need ID 8VTWVP

Possible 3 Month CTH | No Fees | Do Not Re-Post | Confidential

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Location: Santa Clara, CA ONSITE

Role: Senior Embedded Software Lead

Job Description

We are seeking a highly seasoned Lead/Manager Embedded Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, we will lead and develop, compile, run, and debug C/C bare-metal, firmware, and software tests/apps targeting ARM CPUs and DSPs. You will work in pre-silicon (virtual, emulation, and FPGA platforms) and post-silicon (bring-up boards, non-form-factor) environments. Your tasks will include leading and performing unit testing, end-to-end testing of software/hardware features utilizing an established testing framework. Collaboration with multi-functional teams, including system validation, software, firmware, and hardware teams, is crucial to complete pre-silicon and post-silicon test plans successfully. Additionally, you will build automation scripts and set up regression testing to ensure the robustness of our systems!

Key responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership throughout all stages of the product development process.
  • Regular client interactions and management. Including requirement refinement, scope discussions, etc.
  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills including excellent client facing skills - the ability to work effectively with customers to define software solutions
  • Experience with leading teams of at least 5 engineers.
  • Experience leading off-shore/remote teams.
  • Develop, Compile, Run & Debug C/C Bare-metal/Firmware/Software tests/apps (targeting ARM CPU's/DSP) in Pre-Silicon (Virtual, Emulation and FPGA platforms) & Post-Silicon (Bring up boards, non-form-factor) setups
  • Perform unit testing, end-to-end testing of SW/HW features in pre/post silicon setups. Run tests for performance, power characterization in pre/post silicon setups. Understand HW register spec's, Memory maps and develop/debug firmware
  • Work closely with members of the System Validation, Software, Firmware, Hardware teams to complete the execution of pre-silicon/post-silicon test plan. Creating automation scripts, setting up regression
  • Experience with custom hardware bring-up, using schematics and layout files
  • Comfortable with RTOS concepts (threads, synchronization, scheduling)
  • Develop and optimize low-level device drivers for peripherals and sensors (IMU, depth cameras, etc.)
  • Experience in using SW toolkits, code integration, automation using python.
  • Understanding of firmware architecture and build systems (e.g., CMake, Makefiles)
  • Experience with lab system debug with logic analyzers, scopes, meters, etc.

Required Skills

  • 10 years' experience in developing C/C based embedded software, firmware.
  • 3 years' experience providing technical leadership for teams of at least 5 developers.
  • Bachelor or master's in science or equivalent
  • Comfortable with RTOS concepts (threads, synchronization, scheduling

"

  • Provide technical leadership throughout all stages of the product development process.
  • Regular client interactions and management. Including requirement refinement, scope discussions, etc.
  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills including excellent client facing skills - the ability to work effectively with customers to define software solutions
  • Experience with leading teams of at least 5 engineers.
  • Experience leading off-shore/remote teams.
  • Develop, Compile, Run & Debug C/C Bare-metal/Firmware/Software tests/apps (targeting ARM CPU's/DSP) in Pre-Silicon (Virtual, Emulation and FPGA platforms) & Post-Silicon (Bring up boards, non-form-factor) setups
  • Perform unit testing, end-to-end testing of SW/HW features in pre/post silicon setups. Run tests for performance, power characterization in pre/post silicon setups. Understand HW register spec's, Memory maps and develop/debug firmware
  • Work closely with members of the System Validation, Software, Firmware, Hardware teams to complete the execution of pre-silicon/post-silicon test plan. Creating automation scripts, setting up regression
  • Experience with custom hardware bring-up, using schematics and layout files
  • Comfortable with RTOS concepts (threads, synchronization, scheduling)
  • Develop and optimize low-level device drivers for peripherals and sensors (IMU, depth cameras, etc.)
  • Experience in using SW toolkits, code integration, automation using python.
  • Understanding of firmware architecture and build systems (e.g., CMake, Makefiles)
  • Experience with lab system debug with logic analyzers, scopes, meters, etc. "

"

  • 10 years' experience in developing C/C based embedded software, firmware.
  • 3 years' experience providing technical leadership for teams of at least 5 developers.
  • Bachelor or master's in science or equivalent
  • Comfortable with RTOS concepts (threads, synchronization, scheduling) "

Salary : $70 - $75

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