Embedded and Interactive Systems Engineer

Accepting applications

You build the layer where software meets hardware: microcontrollers, networked devices, message protocols, timing, calibration, logging, and recovery. You help a team move from an early demonstration toward a system that can be tested and explained.

• Define the software and communications architecture connecting application events to device commands and feedback
• Implement or review firmware, control services, APIs, protocols, state machines, timing, calibration, and logging
• Integrate sensors, actuators, relays, controllers, local computing, or interactive applications as the project requires
• Build bench test tools and simulated interfaces so subsystems can be verified before full assembly
• Document dependencies, setup, configuration, versioning, diagnostics, and known limitations
• Work with electrical and systems leads on safe states, latency targets, and integrated verification

• Five or more years in embedded systems, interactive hardware, controls software, IoT, robotics, or comparable integration work
• Strong experience with hardware communications, real-time behavior, debugging, and instrumentation
• Evidence of shipping or deploying systems beyond a laptop-only environment
• Maintainable code and practical documentation for the engineers and technicians who come next
• Comfort working with incomplete prototypes and cross-discipline constraints

Relevant but not required.

• Unreal Engine, Unity, OpenXR, show control, experiential technology, kiosks, robotics, or networked equipment
• Device or edge deployment and observability
• Hardware in the loop testing

Integration architecture Firmware or control application Interface definitions Bench test utilities Logging and diagnostics Deployment and calibration documentation

This is a paid, project-based contract opportunity, and assignments depend on suitable project availability. Scope, compensation, and payment terms are agreed in writing before any work begins.

Contract Project-based independent contractor

Location Remote or hybrid, set by project. Some assignments may require participation in Detroit or at a client site.

Hours Variable hours, no guaranteed minimum