Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Overview

Lead Embedded Software Engineer to provide technical firmware engineering expertise and firmware/embedded project management and coordination supporting the design, development and integration of Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) programs for national-importance maritime missions across multiple DoD agencies. This position is located at our Lynnwood, WA office.

• Provide technical firmware/embedded leadership on small teams from project inception to project delivery
• Coordinate with the project manager, customers, and other functional leads to develop schedules and budgets, allocate resources, and track and monitor progress
• Mentor firmware/embedded engineers on technical, communication, and executive skills
• Analyze firmware requirements and decompose into derived functional firmware requirements for a team to execute
• Design embedded architectures for autonomous systems and vehicles
• Develop features for a software project based on derived firmware requirements and estimate effort with a team of engineers
• Arbitrate challenging technical decisions and drive toward the best solution to meet project requirements
• Work with software project leads to develop consistent processes and spearhead changes and innovation for software and firmware development processes
• Provide guidance and support through testing and evaluation to ensure delivery of a high-quality product

• Bachelor’s degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of relevant experience
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, US Citizenship required
• Advanced language skills in C/C++ within Linux and embedded environments
• Expertise in developing embedded solutions and architecture on the STM
  32 family of microcontrollers
• Experience with I2C, SPI, UART, CAN Bus, and similar interfaces on embedded systems
• Desire to lead and mentor a group of senior and junior developers toward successful product delivery
• Familiarity with Software Design Patterns
• Familiarity with UML tools such as Cameo or Magic Draw
• Experience with Agile methodologies using Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) or similar tools
• Ability to communicate and share ideas, concepts, designs, and technical plans with a team of engineers
• Integrity in working with employees and customers

• Experience with languages such as C/C++, Python, and others
• Experience with virtualized development and production environments (VMware, Docker, etc.)
• Experience with system autonomy software in C++ or other languages
• Experience with testing code across multiple projects
• Ability to identify and resolve code defects in new and legacy code
• Background with design, development, integration, and test of autonomous or remotely operated undersea vehicle systems
• Understanding of thread-safe/inter-thread communications
• Understanding of state machine design

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February 13, 2026

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