Remote Embedded Software Engineer — Secure Fleet IoT

Fuseenergy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Biannual bonus

Private health insurance

Tech stipend

Job summary

Fuse Energy seeks an Embedded Software Engineer in the US to design, build and scale connected hardware powering a fleet of distributed energy devices. You will own connectivity across Ethernet, Wi‑Fi, Thread, Zigbee and BLE, and implement secure messaging and OTA update pipelines from prototype through deployment.

You will work closely with firmware, hardware and backend teams to ensure secure provisioning, device identity, and robust telemetry across a growing device fleet, enabling resilient,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years building connected embedded products or equivalent experience.
• Strong in C/C++ for embedded, with RTOS such as Zephyr or FreeRTOS.
• Experience with Python for testing, tooling or automation.
• Solid understanding of IP networking and common protocols.
• Experience with TLS/certificates provisioning, secure device communications.
• Familiarity with firmware update systems and CI/CD workflows.
• Proficient debugging with lab/software tools such as logic analyzers and network sniffers.
• Strong problem-solving across hardware and software boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain connectivity across Ethernet, Wi‑Fi, Thread, Zigbee and BLE.
• Build and optimise secure device messaging using MQTT/CoAP/HTTP/WebSockets; support time sync.
• Contribute to secure boot flows, provisioning, and hardware-backed identity.
• Maintain signed firmware update pipelines including OTA with rollback.
• Integrate devices with cloud IoT and backend services; improve telemetry and observability.
• Support field operations, debugging fleet issues, and resilience improvements.
• Assist with testing, validation for EMC, RF and safety; create test plans.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, power electronics and software teams.

Skills

C/C++

RTOS experience

Python

Networking fundamentals

TLS/certificates provisioning

Firmware update systems

Debugging with tools

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Security concepts (TPM/secure elements

Education

Bachelors in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Zephyr

FreeRTOS

CI/CD for embedded

Protocol analyzers

Job description

Fuse Energy seeks an Embedded Software Engineer in the US to design, build and scale connected hardware powering a fleet of distributed energy devices. You will own connectivity across Ethernet, Wi‑Fi, Thread, Zigbee and BLE, and implement secure messaging and OTA update pipelines from prototype through deployment.

You will work closely with firmware, hardware and backend teams to ensure secure provisioning, device identity, and robust telemetry across a growing device fleet, enabling resilient,