Principal Software Platform Architect, Embedded Systems (m/f/d)

Danfoss GmbH; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Pension plans

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss Power Solutions is seeking a Principal Software Platform Architect for Embedded Systems to shape a reusable platform used across multiple products. You will collaborate with engineering teams and business stakeholders to define scalable capabilities and governance.

You will lead architectural decisions, ensure interfaces are well-defined, and drive platform adoption while maintaining long-term lifecycle health.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and evolving large-scale embedded software systems or software platforms.
• Deep knowledge of embedded software architecture, hardware/software interaction, and real-time environments.
• Experience with platform design principles including modularity, APIs, and lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to make architectural decisions balancing technical and business needs.
• Strong ability to communicate complex concepts and influence across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of a reusable embedded software platform used across products.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to translate requirements into platform capabilities.
• Lead architectural decisions, document trade-offs, and guide teams through challenges.
• Establish interfaces, extension mechanisms, and governance for independent product teams.
• Drive platform adoption, reuse, lifecycle sustainability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Embedded software architecture

Platform design principles

API design

System integration

Communication

Tools

CI/CD

SysML

Job description

Principal Software Platform Architect, Embedded Systems (m/f/d)

Principal Software Platform Architect, Embedded Systems (m/f/d)

The Impact You'll Make

As a Software Platform Architect (m/f/d) for Embedded Systems, you will shape the architecture of a business-critical embedded software platform PLUS+1 that is used across multiple products, engineering teams, and future product generations. Your work will help create a shared software foundation that enables innovation, improves development efficiency, and supports significant business growth.
In this role, you will balance technical depth with collaboration, working closely with engineers, product teams, systems specialists, and business stakeholders. Success means creating a platform that teams trust, understand, and choose to adopt because it helps them deliver products more effectively. You'll have the opportunity to influence long-term technology strategy, guide architectural decisions, and help build solutions that will be used for years to come.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Define and evolve the architecture of a reusable embedded software platform used across multiple products and programs.
• Work closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to understand requirements, identify common needs, and translate them into scalable platform capabilities.
• Lead architectural decisions, document trade-offs and rationale, and guide teams through complex technical challenges.
• Establish clear interfaces, extension mechanisms, and governance practices that enable product teams to build independently while remaining aligned.
• Drive platform adoption, reuse, lifecycle sustainability, and continuous improvement through feedback, metrics, and collaboration.

What We're Looking For

Essential Qualifications:

• Significant experience designing and evolving large-scale embedded software systems or software platforms used across multiple products or teams.
• Deep knowledge of embedded software architecture, hardware/software interaction, system integration, and real-time or resource-constrained environments.
• Experience with platform design principles including modularity, API and interface design, dependency management, configuration, and long-term software lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated ability to make architectural decisions that balance technical, organizational, and business considerations.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and influence engineers, technical leaders, and stakeholders across organizational boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in environments with high requirements for safety, security, reliability, maintainability, or regulatory compliance.
• Professional certifications or formal training in software architecture, systems engineering, functional safety, cybersecurity, MBSE/SysML, or related disciplines.
• Experience with modern embedded development practices including CI/CD, automated testing, software quality, and platform integration.

What You'll Get from Us

At Danfoss Power Solutions, you will have the opportunity to influence a business-critical platform that supports products used around the world. Your decisions will have a lasting impact on technology strategy, engineering effectiveness, and future innovation.
You will work with experienced engineers and leaders across disciplines, giving you broad exposure to complex systems, emerging technologies, and strategic product development. We support continuous learning, professional growth, and knowledge sharing across our global organization.
This position is preferably based in Neumünster, Germany, with flexibility to consider other Danfoss Power Solutions locations for the right candidate. Hybrid working arrangements may be available depending on location.

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you are passionate about building scalable embedded software platforms and enjoy combining technical excellence with stakeholder collaboration, we would love to hear from you.
Even if your experience does not match every qualification listed, we encourage you to apply. We know that great candidates bring different experiences, perspectives, and strengths, and we value diverse backgrounds and ways of thinking.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.