Senior Embedded Systems Architect for Life-Safety & IoT

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Westford (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work environment

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across our fire detection product portfolio.

Define software architecture, influence technology strategy, mentor engineers, and drive the development of innovative embedded solutions used globally. This role offers the opportunity to shape product direction, advance engineering excellence, and contribute to life-safety technologies while collaborating with hardware, systems, test,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 8+ years of embedded architectures, RTOS, and Embedded Linux experience.
• Expert proficiency in C and C++.
• Experience with Ethernet, TCP/IP, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, USB.
• Git-based version control experience.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in Agile development environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive embedded software architecture, design standards, and development best practices.
• Lead the design and implementation of complex embedded software systems and platform technologies.
• Influence technology roadmaps and strategic engineering decisions.
• Drive software quality, reliability, cybersecurity, and maintainability across the product lifecycle.
• Perform architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical risk assessments.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, test, cybersecurity, and product management teams.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tools, and development methodologies.
• Support cloud-connected and IoT-enabled product initiatives.
• Contribute hands-on expertise to critical development, debugging, and troubleshooting activities.
• Help drive continuous improvement of engineering processes and development practices.

Skills

Embedded software leadership

Architecture leadership

C/C++

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Ethernet/TCP/IPCAN/I2C/UART/USB

Git

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree (CE/EE/CS)

Master's degree (Engineering/CS)

Tools

Git

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Job description

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across our fire detection product portfolio.

Define software architecture, influence technology strategy, mentor engineers, and drive the development of innovative embedded solutions used globally. This role offers the opportunity to shape product direction, advance engineering excellence, and contribute to life-safety technologies while collaborating with hardware, systems, test,