Lead Embedded Engineer

Location:
Columbia City, IN (Onsite)

Salary: $150–175K Bonus + Benefits

Code & Architect

• Spend at least 50% of your time designing, writing, and architecting embedded C software for microcontrollers (bare-metal strongly preferred)

• Define software requirements and contribute to overall system architecture

• Develop, test, debug, and validate both new and legacy embedded code

Technical Ownership

• Serve as the technical lead for embedded software deliverables across programs

• Ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to established engineering standards

• Document design, implementation, and verification efforts

Mentor & Lead

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to early-career engineers

• Conduct code reviews and promote engineering best practices

• Act as a force multiplier across the team

Build & Improve

• Develop reusable tools, frameworks, and processes to accelerate development

• Champion continuous improvement across software development workflows

Collaboration & Support

• Work closely with program management, cross-functional engineering teams, and customer stakeholders

• Participate in regular software development meetings

• Travel occasionally to government and non-government test facilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

• 10–20 years of embedded software engineering experience, ideally within mission-critical or defense-related systems

• Deep expertise in C programming for embedded systems

• Strong experience with bare-metal development

• Experience working within complex technical organizations

• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship capabilities

• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance

• Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS preferred)

• Embedded Linux experience

• Familiarity with programmable logic (FPGA development using VHDL or Verilog)

• Experience with communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet)

• Understanding of digital signal processing (A/D, D/A, filtering)

• RF, cryptography, and IP networking experience

• Proficiency with lab/test equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers)

• Experience with Java, Python, or MATLAB

• Excellent hardware/software troubleshooting skills

• High initiative and ability to self-manage in an autonomous environment

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2026