Embedded Software Engineer
Posted: 05/21/2026
Industry: Engineering and Technical
Job Number: 19094
Security Clearance: Ability to obtain Secret
Job Description
Connexion’s mission is to provide "best in class" services to job seekers. We strive to achieve excellence in job placement, staffing, and recruiting services, while treating candidates with the professionalism and respect they deserve.
Job Title: Embedded Software Engineer
Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type
- Duration: 3-year contract
- Pay range: $75-$105/hr.
- Benefits include medical insurance, 10 days of Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays, and a 401(k) match
- Job Location: Lexington, MA (hybrid, 4 days on-site)
- Schedule: M-F
- Job#: 19094
We are seeking motivated candidates to develop embedded and real-time software supporting prototyping, laboratory experimentation, and field testing of advanced communications and sensing systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline
- Strong experience with C/C++ software development
- Experience designing software for real-time and near-real-time embedded systems, including ARM Cortex-class processors
- Experience with multithreaded programming in Linux and real-time operating system (RTOS) environments
- Familiarity with continuous integration and automated build pipelines supporting FPGA and embedded software development
- Experience performing laboratory and hardware bench testing of embedded systems using integrated debuggers and test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and related instrumentation
- Familiarity with multi-stage bootloader configuration and deployment
- Experience programming in Python
- Experience developing software for embedded ARM processors within FPGA System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures
- Experience with Yocto-based Linux development and deployment, preferably including PetaLinux
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to collaborate across technical teams, present technical findings, and produce clear documentation
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with assembly language programming
- Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one
Additional Information
- This position requires regular onsite laboratory work, including hardware integration, testing, debugging, and collaboration with technical teams
- Candidates should expect an onsite schedule of approximately four days per week, with limited remote flexibility
- Candidates eligible to obtain a Secret clearance are encouraged to apply
- Interview process includes an initial phone screen followed by a technical panel interview
Minimum Experience Requirements
| Category | Requirement | Minimum Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Bachelor’s Degree | Required |
| Programming | C/C++ Programming | 10 years |
| Programming | Embedded Software Development | 7 years |
| Programming | Multi-core ARM Processor Design | 4 years |
| Programming | Python Development in Linux | 5 years |
| Software Development | Software Design & Development | 7 years |
| Operating Systems | Yocto Development | 2 years |
| Software | Multithreaded / Multiprocessor Applications | 10 years |
| Systems | Embedded Linux | 3 years |
| Systems | FPGA Embedded Systems (Xilinx, ARM, MicroBlaze, PetaLinux) | 5 years |
| Tools | CI/CD and Containerized Build Environments | 5 years |
| Testing | Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Emulators, DMMs | 3 years |
| Documentation | Technical Documentation & Collaboration | 7 years |
Nice to Have
- Current Secret clearance or higher
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Job Requirements
C++, ARM, Cortex, Linux, processors, FPGA, Yocto, PetaLinux
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