Maritime Embedded Backend Engineer

Nacosmarine; Drammen; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NACOS Marine is seeking an experienced Backend Developer (m/f/d) to join our R&D team, building the next generation of marine automation systems. You will design and implement safety-critical backend software for embedded controllers, sensor interfaces, and communication protocols powering vessels worldwide.

Join a multidisciplinary team, delivering scalable, reliable, and secure software across maritime automation platforms, with opportunities to contribute to testing, validation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field (Software Engineering, CS or Electrical Engineering).
• Minimum 5 years of embedded software development experience in C/C++.
• Experience implementing communication protocol stacks (UART, SPI, I2C, Profinet, TCP/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA, MQTT).
• Strong knowledge of microcontroller architectures, DMA, interrupts and low-level drivers.
• Experience with embedded cybersecurity concepts like secure boot and encrypted comms.
• Fluent in English, strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded backend software in C/C++ for microcontrollers with real-time requirements.
• Design and maintain protocol stacks and transport/session/application layers.
• Optimize performance, timing, latency, and resource use for maritime systems.
• Interface firmware with hardware, drivers, and peripherals.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, QA and systems engineering teams.

Skills

Embedded software development

RTOS/real-time systems

C/C++ programming

Low-level debugging

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Software Engineering/CS/EE

Tools

UART

SPI

I2C

Profinet

TCP/IP

Modbus

OPC-UA

MQTT

Job description

NACOS Marine is seeking an experienced Backend Developer (m/f/d) to join our R&D team, building the next generation of marine automation systems. You will design and implement safety-critical backend software for embedded controllers, sensor interfaces, and communication protocols powering vessels worldwide.

Join a multidisciplinary team, delivering scalable, reliable, and secure software across maritime automation platforms, with opportunities to contribute to testing, validation, and