Lead Embedded C++ Developer

Lead Embedded C++ Software Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA – ON SITE FROM DAY 1

• Provide technical leadership throughout all stages of the product development process.
• Regular client interactions and management, including requirement refinement and scope discussions.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, including excellent client-facing skills — the ability to work effectively with customers to define software solutions.
• Experience with leading teams of at least 5 engineers.
• Experience leading off‑shore/remote teams.
• Develop, compile, run & debug C/C++ bare‑metal firmware and software tests/apps targeting ARM CPUs/DSP in pre‑silicon (virtual, emulation and FPGA platforms) and post‑silicon (bring‑up boards, non‑form‑factor) setups.
• Perform unit testing and end‑to‑end testing of SW/HW features in pre/post silicon setups, run performance and power characterization tests, and understand hardware register specifications and memory maps to develop/debug firmware.
• Work closely with system validation, software, firmware, and hardware teams to complete the execution of pre‑silicon/post‑silicon test plans, create automation scripts, and set up regression.
• Experience with custom hardware bring‑up using schematics and layout files.
• Comfortable with RTOS concepts (threads, synchronization, scheduling).
• Develop and optimize low‑level device drivers for peripherals and sensors (IMU, depth cameras, etc.).
• Experience using SW toolkits, code integration, and automation with Python.
• Understanding of firmware architecture and build systems (e.g., CMake, Makefiles).
• Experience debugging lab systems with logic analyzers, scopes, meters, etc.

• 10+ years’ experience developing C/C++ embedded software and firmware.
• 3+ years’ experience providing technical leadership for teams of at least 5 developers.
• Bachelor’s or master’s in science or an equivalent degree.
• Comfortable with RTOS concepts (threads, synchronization, scheduling).
• Experience with custom hardware bring‑up, schematics, and layout files.

Mid‑Senior level

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