Embedded Software Developer

EKTOS is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Developer to join our engineering team. The successful candidates will play a key role in the design, development, and integration of real-time embedded firmware for industrial, automotive, and IoT-grade electronic products. This position requires strong technical competence, leadership in embedded software design, and familiarity with industry best practices and standards.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in embedded software development for microcontroller-based systems.
• Proven track record of full product lifecycle participation—from requirements definition to production release.
• Expertise in C and C++ (C++11 or newer) for embedded development.
• Strong understanding of real-time constraints, interrupt handling, and task scheduling.
• Proficiency with firmware architecture design, state machines, and event-driven applications.
• Experience developing bootloaders, firmware update mechanisms (including OTA), and diagnostic modules.
• Familiarity with static analysis, code coverage, and traceability tools.

Will be plus:

• Familiarity with hardware design concepts and reading of schematics.

• Experience with test automation frameworks and HIL environments.
• 24 working days of paid vacation;
• Paid sick leave;
• Complex lunches right in the office;
• Experienced colleagues willing to share knowledge;
• Regular performance and salary negotiations;
• Professional growth: variety of projects and technologies, mentoring;
• Friendly atmosphere, concern for the comfort of specialists;
• Working trips to Denmark to exchange experience with colleagues (discussed individually);
• Ability to work in different projects, one or more at the same time;
• Easy rotation between projects;
• The office has a kitchen, shower, seating area;

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, test, and maintain embedded firmware for microcontroller-based systems.

• Develop both RTOS-based and bare-metal applications, ensuring reliable real-time operation.
• Architect and document embedded software solutions in compliance with project requirements and safety standards.
• Implement and optimize communication stacks (Ethernet, CAN, UART, SPI, I²C, etc.) and protocol layers (TCP/IP, CANopen, J1939).
• Perform low-level hardware interfacing, driver development, and system bring-up.
• Conduct firmware verification through unit testing, code reviews, static analysis, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Ensure compliance with MISRA-C/C++, ISO 26262, and IEC 61508 principles for safety and quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, testing, and project management) through all development stages.
• Contribute to requirements definition, design documentation, and configuration management.
• Support production validation, debugging, and field issue analysis of embedded systems.