Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Industrial Automation

jbtm; Denmark; Hybrid; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

JBT Marel in Aarhus, Denmark, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own embedded and industrial software development. You will design, implement and maintain reliable software running close to hardware across the product lifecycle, using modern C++ on Linux-based platforms.

The role requires strong embedded experience, real-time awareness, and leadership in an Agile Scrum team, with mentorship of colleagues and collaboration with software, hardware and systems engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Strong experience with modern C++ in embedded/industrial software.
• Solid background in Linux-based embedded platforms, including cross‑compilation and deployment pipelines.
• Experience developing software close to hardware or machines.
• Strong understanding of real-time/deterministic behavior and production reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement embedded and industrial software in C++.
• Develop software close to hardware, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Take end-to-end ownership from idea to deployment and maintenance.
• Contribute to system-level thinking and software architecture decisions.
• Mentor colleagues and drive engineering excellence in the team.

Skills

Modern C++

Embedded systems

Linux-based platforms

Cross-compilation/build systems

Real-time/deterministic behavior

System design

Scrum/Agile

Mentoring

English communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS or related field

Tools

Linux

CMake

Git

Job description

JBT Marel in Aarhus, Denmark, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own embedded and industrial software development. You will design, implement and maintain reliable software running close to hardware across the product lifecycle, using modern C++ on Linux-based platforms.

The role requires strong embedded experience, real-time awareness, and leadership in an Agile Scrum team, with mentorship of colleagues and collaboration with software, hardware and systems engineers.