IoT Software Engineer | Lead Embedded & Cloud Apps

Baxter Manufacturing; Orting (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baxter Manufacturing, a division of ITW Food Equipment Group, is seeking a Software Engineer to support software and connected‑product development for commercial food equipment. The role includes serving as the technical lead between Baxter and third‑party software development partners.

This on‑site position requires coordinating requirements, testing, and releases across embedded controllers, cloud services, APIs, and cybersecurity, while supporting field issues and product lifecycle processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of professional experience in software development, embedded systems, connected products, or software systems engineering.
• Experience with software requirements, testing, troubleshooting, release, and lifecycle support.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned software projects from requirements through development, validation, release, and field support.
• Translate product, customer, service, and engineering needs into clear software requirements, scopes of work, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate priorities, schedules, technical issues, defects, and releases with third-party software developers.
• Review proposed solutions and verify completed software meets functional, reliability, usability, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Support embedded control software, touchscreen applications, microcontrollers, and ESP32-based connectivity solutions.
• Support Microsoft Azure systems used for device provisioning, over-the-air updates, telemetry, diagnostics, and connected-equipment management.
• Troubleshoot communication between equipment, embedded controllers, networks, applications, APIs, and cloud services.
• Use tools such as Postman to test APIs and troubleshoot software integrations.
• Document defects, verify corrective actions, and approve software changes prior to release.
• Troubleshoot software and connectivity issues found during engineering testing, manufacturing, or on equipment installed in the field.
• Use telemetry, logs, diagnostic information, and laboratory testing to identify root cause and corrective actions.
• Support Wi‑Fi connectivity and customer cybersecurity requirements, including security questionnaires, trust‑center reviews, and technical discussions with customer IT organizations.
• Communicate software architecture, network requirements, data flows, cloud connectivity, and update processes to technical and non-technical audiences.
• 100% on site role interacting with production and other departments

Skills

C

C#

TypeScript

SQL

ASP.NET Core Web API

Microsoft Azure

REST APIs

Postman

Embedded systems

ESP32 development

Wi‑Fi networking

IoT or connected-device systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Tools

Postman

Job description

Baxter Manufacturing, a division of ITW Food Equipment Group, is seeking a Software Engineer to support software and connected‑product development for commercial food equipment. The role includes serving as the technical lead between Baxter and third‑party software development partners.

This on‑site position requires coordinating requirements, testing, and releases across embedded controllers, cloud services, APIs, and cybersecurity, while supporting field issues and product lifecycle processes.