Remote IoT Embedded Lead Engineer - Firmware & Team

Placements24; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Annual bonus

Home office equipment budget

Remote collaboration & knowledge share

Job summary

Placements24 client seeks a Lead Embedded Systems Engineer to architect and deliver firmware for IoT devices from a remote South Africa location. You will lead a distributed team, drive RTOS-based development, and collaborate across hardware and software to ensure scalable, robust systems.

The role requires expert C/C++ embedded programming, experience with MQTT/CoAP/BLE/Wi-Fi, ARM Cortex-M/ESP32, and strong remote leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional embedded systems experience.
• Extensive experience with embedded C/C++ programming and debugging.
• Strong RTOS knowledge (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX).
• Experience with IoT protocols (MQTT, CoAP, BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN).
• Experience with microcontrollers and hardware (ARM Cortex-M, ESP32).
• Proven record leading remote engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test embedded firmware for IoT devices.
• Architect scalable embedded systems for IoT applications.
• Implement and optimize MQTT, CoAP, BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN protocols.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers on system requirements.
• Develop unit and integration tests for firmware.
• Lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

MQTT

CoAP

BLE/Wi-Fi

LoRaWAN

ARM Cortex-M

ESP32

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Remote collaboration tools

Job description

Placements24 client seeks a Lead Embedded Systems Engineer to architect and deliver firmware for IoT devices from a remote South Africa location. You will lead a distributed team, drive RTOS-based development, and collaborate across hardware and software to ensure scalable, robust systems.

The role requires expert C/C++ embedded programming, experience with MQTT/CoAP/BLE/Wi-Fi, ARM Cortex-M/ESP32, and strong remote leadership capabilities.