Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – MCU/RTOS Expert

Vectrus, Inc; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

V2X in Indianapolis is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (T03) to join our Embedded Solutions team within the Engineering Solutions organization. This role focuses on design, development, and integration of secure, high-performance embedded systems for defense and aerospace applications.

You will own core firmware from MCU to RTOS, collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to hardware-software integration and test automation in an Agile setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field.
• 5–8 years professional experience developing embedded firmware or software for microcontroller- or ARM Cortex-based systems.
• Proficient in C (and/or C++) for real-time embedded system development; familiarity with Git and Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate embedded firmware/software solutions using C (and Python), targeting ARM Cortex or similar microcontroller-based architectures.
• Develop and integrate peripheral interfaces and device drivers for serial, Ethernet, SPI, I²C, motor control, and other real-time I/O.
• Support hardware bring-up, board-level verification, and troubleshooting with lab tools.
• Integrate and optimize real-time applications using RTOS or bare-metal techniques.
• Contribute to system-level validation and test automation to ensure robust performance and compliance.

Skills

C

C++

RTOS

Python

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

V2X in Indianapolis is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (T03) to join our Embedded Solutions team within the Engineering Solutions organization. This role focuses on design, development, and integration of secure, high-performance embedded systems for defense and aerospace applications.

You will own core firmware from MCU to RTOS, collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to hardware-software integration and test automation in an Agile setting.