Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-16
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, DevOps
Overview
Position Title: Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
Reports to: Software Engineering Manager
Department: Research & Development
Location: Fort Collins, CO
At In-Situ® Inc., we’re on a mission to monitor and protect water through innovative environmental and process monitoring solutions. As a global leader in water monitoring technology, we design and manufacture industry-leading products and solutions that combine cutting-edge engineering, high reliability, and user-focused design to provide an industry-leading experience across our entire water monitoring ecosystem.
Our culture thrives on collaboration, creativity, and a shared passion for making a positive impact. We serve customers worldwide with best-in-class instrumentation, sensors, mobile applications, and cloud-based solutions that enable smarter water management decisions.
If you’re ready to join a team where your work truly matters—where you’ll grow your skills, be challenged by talented peers, and help solve some of the planet’s most pressing challenges—we want to hear from you.
About This OpportunityWe're looking for a senior embedded software engineer who thrives at the intersection of firmware development and development infrastructure. While you'll contribute to our product firmware across multiple environmental monitoring platforms, your primary focus will be leading initiatives that transform how our team builds, tests, and releases software. You'll work closely with a talented team of embedded engineers who are eager to improve their tools and processes, and you'll have the opportunity to design and drive meaningful improvements in our development infrastructure.
PrimaryResponsibilities
Sr. Embedded Software Engineers lead and implement software features, ensure delivery of high-quality, secure code, and collaborate across teams to sustain and grow applications. This role includes debugging complex issues, mentoring junior engineers, and staying current with evolving technologies to guide best practices.
- Lead initiatives to improve build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and development tooling
- Lead and attend design studios for software features
- Optimize and maintain build infrastructure across multiple product families
- Implement software features with minimal oversight
- Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies
- Contribute to software architecture decisions with maintainability and extensibility in mind
- Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware
- Ensure delivery of high-quality code that optimizes the company's investment
- Maintain coding and security best practices
- Mentor junior engineers on embedded development and Dev Ops practices
- Collaborate with the team to define and implement testing strategies and automation infrastructure
- Stay informed about technology changes and guide the business on current best practices and technologies
- Collaborate with other engineers and teams on a regular basis
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 7+ years of relevant software development experience.
- Strong object-oriented design and programming skills.
- Proficiency in C++ for embedded systems development.
- Proficiency in understanding hardware systems constraints.
- Effective troubleshooting and issue investigation skills.
- Proficiency in building maintainable software with testing and extensibility in mind.
- Understanding of software architecture fundamentals.
- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country of employment.
- Work on-site, in person, at our facility in Fort Collins, CO.
Embedded Systems
- Strong experience with multiple C++ versions in resource-constrained environments
- Experience with other embedded languages (Rust, Ada, assembly)
- Experience with the following:
- Modbus, RS485, RS232, SDI-12
- MSP
430 and ARM Cortex-M processors - FreeRTOS or other modern RTOS
- Debugging embedded software
- BLE, cellular modems, and satellite modems
- CMake and build…
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