Senior Embedded Systems Engineer (Security & IoT)

Jobtailor; Kennesaw (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Georgia, USA is seeking an experienced embedded systems engineer to lead hardware and firmware development for access control and IoT security products. You will drive architectures, select components, and guide cross‑functional teams.

You will perform board bring‑up, validation, and debugging, implement secure boot, work with Yocto, BLE/WiFi, and cloud integration, and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years developing embedded hardware and firmware products from concept through production.
• Strong embedded C/C++ experience with microcontroller development in bare-metal and/or RTOS environments.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design experience, including schematic capture and PCB development or review.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded hardware platforms for access control, credential readers, door controllers, wireless and sensing devices, and connected security products.
• Define system architectures and select processors, memory, wireless modules, sensors, power components, communication interfaces, security features, and peripherals.
• Create schematics and guide PCB layout and reviews for signal and power integrity, grounding and shielding, EMI/EMI mitigation, and thermal performance.
• Conduct board bring‑up, validation, troubleshooting, and root‑cause analysis.
• Support product qualification and manufacturing transfer
• Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ firmware, including drivers, HALs, diagnostics, bootloaders, device‑management functions, and application code
• Implement bare‑metal and RTOS‑based solutions, including scheduling, interrupts, inter‑process communication, timers, and resource management
• Develop secure firmware architectures and apply embedded cybersecurity practices, secure coding, and cryptographic controls
• Integrate wired and wireless connections to cloud, mobile, and enterprise systems
• Debug, optimize, validate, and sustain firmware throughout the product lifecycle
• Contribute across concept, architecture, prototyping, verification, certification, production launch, and sustaining engineering
• Partner across software, mechanical engineering, product management, manufacturing, quality, and customer support
• Maintain specifications, test plans, manufacturing documentation, and engineering change records
• Support customer‑issue investigations and field problem resolution
• Support FCC, CE, UL, EMC/EMI, RoHS, REACH, and related compliance activities
• Evaluate emerging technologies, standards, tools, and architectures

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Board Bring‑Up

Debugging

Circuit Design

Embedded Linux

BLE

WiFi

Secure Boot

Python

Docker

Git

Yocto

CAN

Ethernet

USB

Regulatory Compliance

Cryptography

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Yocto

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD Environments

Job description

Jobtailor in Georgia, USA is seeking an experienced embedded systems engineer to lead hardware and firmware development for access control and IoT security products. You will drive architectures, select components, and guide cross‑functional teams.

You will perform board bring‑up, validation, and debugging, implement secure boot, work with Yocto, BLE/WiFi, and cloud integration, and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle.