Embedded Jobs in United States
There are 2,491 open Embedded jobs in United States on freehire right now. 510 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cpp, embedded-software and linux.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $145,125 | $172,000 | $208,800 | 563 |
| USD | hour | $34 | $36 | $47 | 24 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cpp 60%
- embedded-software 53%
- linux 43%
- embedded-systems 41%
- python 37%
- rtos 30%
- ai 28%
- firmware 23%
How the work is done
- Onsite 444 · 18%
- Hybrid 257 · 10%
- Remote 123 · 5%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 614 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 680
- Principal 182
- Staff 157
- Lead 102
- Intern 61
- Middle 33
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 659
- 501-1000 employees 189
- 51-200 employees 74
- 11-50 employees 63
- 201-500 employees 13
- 1-10 employees 6
Embedded Software Design and Verification Engineer
Designs and verifies embedded software for medical devices following DO-178C DAL A safety standards, including requirements capture, architecture, coding, and testing.
Staff Firmware Architecture Engineer, Propulsion and Battery
Lead firmware architecture for propulsion and battery systems in small electric vehicles, designing RTOS integration, hardware abstraction layers, and build infrastructure using C/C++/Python.
Member of Technical Staff - Firmware
Write and maintain low-level firmware and kernel drivers for robotics hardware, ensuring reliable communication between sensors, actuators, and DimOS.
Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Lead embedded software development for automotive systems, designing and optimizing low-level firmware for vehicle components and control units.
System Firmware Architect
Architect and lead firmware for AI servers, defining power/thermal management, secure boot, and OOB management while collaborating with hardware and silicon teams.
Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer
Design and run hardware-in-the-loop tests for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive stacks, validating OS scheduling, comms (CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), MCAL drivers, and diagnostics against safety requirements.
Principal Embedded Software Engineer- Remote
Designs, develops, and tests embedded software for DSP computer boards, including BSPs, device drivers, firmware, and verification tools using C, Linux/VxWorks, and hardware schematics.
Embedded Project Manager
Oversee end-to-end delivery of complex security-system projects, coordinating technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure on-time, high-quality deployments for Fortune 100 clients.
Principal BIOS Embedded Software Engineer
Principal BIOS embedded software engineer designing, debugging, and optimizing firmware for high-performance HPE servers, working closely with hardware and validation teams.
Firmware Engineer in Briggs, TX
Develops embedded firmware for Linux-based systems using C/C++ and RTOS, targeting real-time constraints and hardware protocols like SPI, I2C, and CAN.
Embedded Software Engineer, Senior
Designs and deploys secure, rugged embedded systems integrating CPUs/GPUs/TPUs/FPGAs for edge computing, optimizing AI models for real-time inference and hardening against cyber/physical threats in mission-critical environments.
Intern Firmware Engineering
Intern firmware engineer writing C/C++ for embedded controllers in residential power electronics, testing hardware in the lab, and automating workflows with Python.
Principal BIOS Embedded Software Engineer
Principal BIOS embedded software engineer designing, debugging, and maintaining firmware for HPE’s high-performance computing servers, working closely with hardware and validation teams.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Design and build embedded software for airborne defense systems, including mission-critical avionics and UAS components, using RTOS, device drivers, and CI/CD pipelines.