Top Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design and implement software for unmanned aircraft systems, debug issues, collaborate with engineering teams, and maintain high software quality standards.

Design, develop, and optimize platform-level embedded software and reusable frameworks for telecom products (including 5G). Collaborate across systems teams, perform architecture and code reviews, support integrations with customers/partners, and mentor engineers while ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability on heterogeneous processors.

Design and implement high-performance, 3GPP-compliant 5G Core control- and user-plane functions on ARM-based embedded Linux. Develop in C/Go/Rust, use DPDK for packet processing, optimize latency/throughput, debug protocol and performance issues, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate carrier-grade systems.

Lead low-level bring-up and stabilization of Qualcomm-based Android/Linux device OS for a large fleet of solar-powered cameras. Implement devicetree and pSIM frameworks, customize bootloaders, develop/debug ADSP firmware, collaborate with hardware and application teams, and improve CI/tooling to ensure reliable field deployments.

Develop and maintain PetaLinux-based BSPs and board bring-up for Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC; author device trees and kernel configs; implement/modify drivers and user-space C++ applications to control FPGA-attached hardware, stream and reliably record high-rate radar data; build host tools, create automated tests, profile/optimize throughput, and collaborate with FPGA/EE/systems teams for integration and validation.

Optimize Ubuntu integration across latest IoT and server-class hardware, lead customer engagements, and work with open source communities in a remote, collaborative environment.

Serve as an embedded Linux expert on customer projects: design and refactor real-time architectures, develop Linux kernel drivers, debug low-level hardware/software issues, optimize kernel performance, collaborate with customers and internal teams, lead technical efforts, produce high-quality deliverables, and create technical proposals to support product lifecycle and certification.

Design and implement embedded firmware and low-level software for server BMCs and GPU/HPC platforms. Enhance OpenBMC, enable real-time telemetry of power/thermal sensors, debug low-level drivers and interfaces, validate hardware-firmware integration, and contribute to long-term firmware architecture for cluster reliability.