Embedded Backend Engineer for Maritime Automation

Arbeidsplassen; Drammen; Hybrid; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NACOS Marine is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to join our R&D team and contribute to the next generation of marine automation systems. You will design and develop safety-critical backend software for embedded controllers, communication protocols, and automation platform components that power vessels worldwide.

Working within a strategic development program, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions for maritime

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing embedded software in C/C++.
• Proven experience implementing communication protocol stacks across UART, SPI, I2C, Profinet, TCP/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA, or MQTT.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded backend software in C/C++ for microcontrollers with focus on performance, memory efficiency, and real-time operation.
• Design, implement, and maintain communication protocol stacks including proprietary and industry-standard protocols.
• Develop transport, session, and application layer functionality with state machines, framing, parsing, and error handling.
• Optimize software for timing, latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
• Integrate firmware with hardware interfaces, peripherals, and low-level drivers.
• Ensure compliance with maritime, industrial, and cybersecurity standards.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, QA, and system engineering teams to deliver robust platform solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to testing, debugging, and validation of embedded software and communication interfaces.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems

Communication protocols

Git

CI/CD

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Eng./CS/EE

Tools

UART

SPI

I2C

Profinet

TCP/IP

Modbus

OPC-UA

MQTT

Job description

NACOS Marine is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to join our R&D team and contribute to the next generation of marine automation systems. You will design and develop safety-critical backend software for embedded controllers, communication protocols, and automation platform components that power vessels worldwide.

Working within a strategic development program, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions for maritime