About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT Services and IT Consulting.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain embedded software in C and C++ for Linux-based and embedded systems.
• Work across the full embedded stack: low-level hardware interaction, board- and system-level integration, device drivers, and higher-level APIs/services.
• Debug and optimize complex hardware/software integration issues, including multithreaded applications and performance bottlenecks.
• Create and maintain robust APIs and services used by higher-level applications and test automation.
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineers, software engineers, and product managers in an Agile environment (story planning, sprint work, retrospectives).
• Improve software quality and engineering efficiency via code reviews, unit/integration testing, CI pipelines, and tooling.
• Contribute to system bring-up, instrumentation, and test automation for advanced semiconductor test platforms.

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What We’re Looking For (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong proficiency in C and C++ for embedded and system-level software.
• Solid Linux experience (user-space and/or kernel-level development) and familiarity with cross-compilation and build systems (Make, CMake, Yocto, etc.).
• Experience debugging hardware/software integration issues with tools like GDB, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and using printk/trace.
• Experience with embedded communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, and/or PCIe.
• Practical experience with multithreaded programming, synchronization primitives, and concurrency debugging.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain technical issues and status to peers, managers, and customers.
• Comfortable working onsite in Sunnyvale, CA five days per week.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Python for automation, testing, and tooling.
• Prior work in test, instrumentation, or semiconductor test domains.
• Experience developing device drivers, board bring-up, or real-time OS (RTOS) knowledge.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation frameworks.

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Location & Work Model

• Onsite — Sunnyvale, CA. Candidates must be available to work from the Sunnyvale office five days per week.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship (unless the posting explicitly states otherwise).

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Additional Notes

• This posting is managed by Careertakes as a third-party recruiting platform. The employer is listed as Confidential Client in this job description.
• We follow equal opportunity hiring practices and encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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