Embedded Software Engineer – Medical Device, Hybrid

Doghouse Recruitment; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment is seeking a software engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in Utrecht, working on a regulated medical device. You will own software components in a hardware-integrated system, implement in Modern C++ (C++17/20), and optimize for real-time Linux environments.

The role emphasizes architecture, reliability and maintainability over new features, with a focus on debugging across software-hardware boundaries, automated verification, and testable designs.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of professional C++ development experience.
• Experience with production-level systems and maintainable code.
• Strong debugging and testing capabilities.
• Experience with Linux real-time environments.
• Experience with Git and collaborative workflows.
• Master’s degree in CS/EE or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own software components inside hardware-integrated system.
• Design and implement in C++17/20.
• Integrate hardware changes into the stack.
• Debug across software-hardware boundary.
• Improve architecture and testability with automation and Python.
• Participate in system-level design discussions.

Skills

C++ development

Modern C++

Linux

Git

DDS pub-sub

Python scripting

Education

Master’s degree in CS/EE

Tools

DDS

Python scripting

Job description

Doghouse Recruitment is seeking a software engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in Utrecht, working on a regulated medical device. You will own software components in a hardware-integrated system, implement in Modern C++ (C++17/20), and optimize for real-time Linux environments.

The role emphasizes architecture, reliability and maintainability over new features, with a focus on debugging across software-hardware boundaries, automated verification, and testable designs.