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Embedded Software Engineer - ADV

Indianapolis, IN 46204-3568

Posted: 06/17/2026 Job Number: 26-84089 Pay Rate: 62-68 USD/Hour

Job Description

  Job Title: Embedded Software Engineer Job Duration:  12+ months contract with possible extension or conversion. Location Indianapolis, IN, 46204 Pay Range $65.00 –68.00/hour on W2 Work Type Onsite  
 
Description:
 
The Embedded Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software that operates directly on hardware systems. This role involves working closely with hardware engineers to ensure seamless integration and optimal performance of embedded systems.
 
Job Specific Requirements             
 
The candidate should have strong experience with:
•Embedded C (mandatory)
•Bare-metal and
RTOS-based firmware
•ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers
•Interrupt-driven architectures
•DMA, timers, watchdogs, GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C
•Bootloaders and firmware update systems
•Debugging with J-Link/SWD/GDB
•Low-power firmware design
 
The Silicon Labs EFR32 family is ARM Cortex-M33 based, so Cortex-M experience matters directly.
 
Wireless Protocol Expertise (Critical)
This is where average embedded developers get separated from actual RF/wireless experts.
Required Wireless Experience
You should strongly prefer candidates with experience in:
•Z-Wave
•Proprietary sub-GHz protocols
•Mesh networking
•Low-power wireless sensor networks
•RF coexistence
•OTA firmware updates over wireless
 
Especially valuable:
•Experience with Silicon Labs wireless SDKs
•Experience modifying MAC/PHY behavior
•Experience implementing custom protocol layers
 
Silicon Labs / Z-Wave Specific Skills
Because this is not just generic embedded work.
 
Strongly Preferred
Experience with:
•Simplicity Studio
•Silicon Labs Gecko SDK
•Silicon Labs wireless stack APIs
•Z-Wave 700/800 series
•SmartStart
•S2 security
•OTA DFU mechanisms
•Zniffer packet analysis
•PTI packet tracing
 
Security Skills (Increasingly Important)
Modern wireless products require serious security awareness.
Required or Preferred
•Secure boot
•Firmware signing
•Key provisioning
•Encrypted OTA updates
•Secure pairing/authentication
•Replay protection
•Secure storage of credentials
 
Especially important if:
•HVAC
•industrial
•smart home
•access-control
•infrastructure markets
 
Strongly Preferred
•Modular firmware architecture
•State-machine design
•Event-driven systems
•Git workflows
•CI/CD for firmware
•Automated testing
•Hardware abstraction layers
•Documentation discipline
 

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