Senior C++ Map Rendering Engineer - Embedded

Garmin; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Garmin in Cary, North Carolina is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to design and implement high-performance map rendering pipelines for embedded devices. You will work on memory- and power-constrained systems, focusing on efficiency, correctness, and maintainability.

The role requires expertise in modern C++ (C++17+), multithreading, and graphics/rendering concepts, with collaboration across product, systems, and hardware teams to deliver scalable software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 5 years of software development experience.
• Proficiency in modern C++ (C++17 or later) including memory management and performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency.
• Experience developing software for embedded or resource-constrained systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in complex technical domains.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize map rendering pipelines for embedded platforms with limited memory and compute resources.
• Develop high-performant C++ software with a focus on efficiency, correctness, and maintainability.
• Analyze and improve system performance, including CPU, memory usage, and power consumption.
• Architect and implement robust multithreaded systems, ensuring thread safety and optimal concurrency.
• Design and optimize caching strategies to minimize latency and resource consumption.
• Collaborate with product, systems, and hardware teams to align software design with platform constraints.
• Debug and resolve complex issues across rendering, data handling, and threading.
• Contribute to code reviews, mentoring, and establishing engineering best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in code quality, performance profiling, and system reliability.

Skills

Modern C++ (C++17+)

Multithreading

Embedded systems

Performance optimization

Memory management

Concurrency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related

Job description

Garmin in Cary, North Carolina is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to design and implement high-performance map rendering pipelines for embedded devices. You will work on memory- and power-constrained systems, focusing on efficiency, correctness, and maintainability.

The role requires expertise in modern C++ (C++17+), multithreading, and graphics/rendering concepts, with collaboration across product, systems, and hardware teams to deliver scalable software.