Embedded Systems Architect Critical Infrastructure

Job

524370

Posted since

30-Sep-2026

Organization

Smart Infrastructure

Field of work

Research & Development

Company

Experienced Professional

Job type

Full-time

Hybrid (Remote/Office)

Employment type

Permanent

Location(s)

• Wendell
  - North Carolina
  - United States of America

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first.

Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?

Transform the everyday with us!

We are looking for a Software Architect, Real-Time and Embedded Systems. This position will be based at our location in Wendell, North Carolina.

The Software Architect will lead the design and evolution of embedded software solutions used in protection, automation, monitoring, and communication systems for electrical power networks. In this role, you will drive architectural decisions across application software, communication frameworks, protocol stacks, runtime environments, operating systems, and embedded hardware platforms. You will work closely with software developers, system architects, protection experts, communication specialists, and product owners to deliver high-performance, reliable solutions for critical infrastructure applications.

Depending on organizational needs and your area of expertise, you may contribute to protection applications, communication technologies, protocol implementations, platform services, or shared system infrastructure. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, architectural governance, and long-term platform ownership. You will help establish consistent engineering practices and promote scalable, reusable, and maintainable software solutions across globally distributed development teams.

You’ll make a difference by:

• Defining and maintaining architecture for embedded software components, subsystems, application software, communication services, operating systems, hardware interfaces, protocol stacks, runtime services, and platform infrastructure.
• Designing software solutions that meet real-time, reliability, cybersecurity, performance, verification, and product quality requirements for critical infrastructure applications.
• Guiding technical decisions, architectural trade-offs, platform evolution, and software reuse across long-lived product platforms and technology domains.
• Partnering with product owners, system architects, protection experts, communication specialists, and development teams to translate product requirements and technology strategies into scalable software solutions.
• Supporting system integration, verification, performance optimization, product release activities, and engineering practices that improve software quality, automation, and development efficiency.
• Mentoring engineers, promoting knowledge sharing, and providing clear architectural direction across protection, communication, application, and embedded platform teams.
• Collaborating with international R&D organizations and cross-functional stakeholders.

You’ll win us over by having the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience with the following:
  • Developing software for embedded, industrial, real-time, or other technical systems.
  • Programming in C++, preferably C++17 or C++20.
  • Software…