Senior Embedded Systems Engineer, Machine Management

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a senior software engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to lead high-impact projects and coach a distributed engineering team. You will align goals and timelines across teams, prioritize deliverables, and drive development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of large-scale software systems.

The role emphasizes leadership in complex architectures, collaboration with multiple disciplines, and delivering reliable, scalable solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years testing and launching software products.
• 5 years working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years in software design and architecture.
• Experience with microcontrollers and C++.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Skills

Software development

Testing & Launching

Embedded OS

Software design

C++ programming

Microcontrollers

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Zephyr OS

CANbus

I2C

SPI

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking a senior software engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to lead high-impact projects and coach a distributed engineering team. You will align goals and timelines across teams, prioritize deliverables, and drive development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of large-scale software systems.

The role emphasizes leadership in complex architectures, collaboration with multiple disciplines, and delivering reliable, scalable solutions at scale.