Principal Software Engineer

Jobtailor; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Embedded Architect to own end-to-end architecture for optical pluggable devices, spanning requirements, hardware interfaces, and release readiness.

The role requires 12+ years in embedded systems, deep RTOS knowledge, and leadership experience, with collaboration across hardware and software teams to ensure robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering with embedded software experience.
• 12+ years of embedded systems design and development experience.
• Deep understanding of RTOS, multithreaded software systems, and operating system concepts.
• Knowledge and work experience in OTN standards and optical devices preferred.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in architectural leadership.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design philosophy and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end embedded architecture and solutions for optical pluggable devices.
• Define system architecture and implement hands-on solutions across MCUs, RTOS, drivers, middleware and security.
• Partner with hardware, architecture, and manufacturing teams to validate architecture on real hardware.
• Establish architecture standards and patterns, including coding guidelines, HAL/BSP structure, reusable platform layers, documentation, and design reviews.
• Lead technical decisions on cost, performance, power, and time-to-market trade-offs; document rationale and present options to leadership and product stakeholders.
• Drive quality and reliability through debugging strategy, diagnostics, failure analysis, environmental considerations, and compliance with standards.
• Mentor development and test engineers, guide design reviews, unblock critical issues, and raise team skill levels.

Skills

Embedded Systems Design

RTOS Proficiency

Architectural Leadership

Object-Oriented Design

Analytical Troubleshooting

Excellent Communication

Collaboration Skills

Mentoring

Education

BS/MS in CS/Electronics/Electrical Engineering

Tools

MCUs

Logic Analyzers

HAL/BSP Structure

Middleware

Environmental Stress Testing

Job description

• Own end-to-end embedded architecture and solutions for optical pluggable devices, from requirements and trade studies through hardware selection, software layering, interfaces, and release readiness


• Define system architecture and implement hands-on solutions across MCUs, RTOS or bare-metal stacks, drivers, middleware, power management, boot/OTA, and security


• Partner with hardware, architecture, and manufacturing teams to align schematics and data sheets, analyze scope traces and logic analyzers, and validate architecture assumptions on real hardware


• Establish architecture standards and patterns, including coding guidelines, HAL/BSP structure, reusable platform layers, documentation, and design reviews


• Lead technical decisions on cost, performance, power, and time-to-market trade-offs; document rationale and present options to engineering leadership and product stakeholders


• Drive quality and reliability through debugging strategy, diagnostics, failure analysis, environmental and stress considerations, and compliance with relevant standards


• Mentor development and test engineers, guide design reviews, unblock critical issues, and raise team skill levels

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering with experience in embedded software development


• Minimum 12+ years of experience in embedded systems design and development


• Deep understanding of RTOS, multithreaded software systems, and operating system concepts


• Knowledge and work experience in OTN standards and optical devices preferred


• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills


• Experience in architectural leadership


• Proficiency in object-oriented design philosophy and design patterns


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in embedded systems design and development, with a strong focus on architecture standards, debugging strategies, and collaboration across hardware and software teams. Proficient in RTOS, multithreaded systems, and optical device standards, ensuring high-quality and reliable solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Embedded Systems Design


• RTOS Proficiency


• Architectural Leadership


• Object-Oriented Design


• Analytical Troubleshooting

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Embedded Software Development


• System Architecture


• Multithreaded Software Systems


• Power Management


• Debugging Strategy


• Failure Analysis


• Coding Guidelines


• Design Patterns


• Boot/OTA


• Security

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication


• Collaboration Skills


• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• OTN Standards


• Optical Devices


• Architecture Standards


• Design Reviews


• Release Readiness

Tools & Technologies

• MCUs


• Logic Analyzers


• HAL/BSP Structure


• Middleware


• Environmental Stress Testing