Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Valmet Corporation21 hours ago
Owings Mills, MD, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for embedded Linux software across multiple product lines.
- Drive platform strategy for Yocto builds, kernel configuration, driver architecture, and real-time system behavior.
- Lead development, debugging, and optimization of Linux kernel modules, device drivers, and application software.
- Architect and guide real-time, performance-critical applications in C/C++.
- Resolve complex issues spanning hardware, kernels, bootloaders, and user-space components.
- Oversee BSP integration and validation of embedded platform components.
- Ensure platform maintainability, security posture, scalability, performance, reliability, and lifecycle readiness.
- Mentor embedded engineers and raise technical standards across the organization.
- Collaborate with hardware, test, manufacturing, and product management teams.
- Contribute to architecture documentation, design guidelines, engineering standards, design reviews, technical governance, and roadmap planning.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in embedded Linux development.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- Strong expertise with Yocto and custom Linux distribution development.
- Mastery of Linux kernel internals, device drivers, and low-level system debugging.
- High proficiency in C/C++ for embedded and real-time applications.
- Familiarity with debugging and profiling tools such as Valgrind, perf, oprofile, or similar.
- Understanding of low-latency and deterministic system design, including PREEMPT_RT.
- Proven track record of technical leadership and comfort working at the intersection of hardware and software.
- Strong systems thinking, structured problem-solving, and lifecycle awareness.
- Experience in industrial automation or mission-critical environments is a plus.
Benefits
- Company-funded registered pension plan.
- Generous wage and benefits package.
- Employment offers are contingent upon a background check.
About Valmet Corporation
Valmet Corporation supplies process technologies, automation systems, flow-control equipment, and lifecycle services to pulp, paper, tissue, and energy producers. Its portfolio spans paper and board machines, pulp and biomass processing, the Valmet IQ and DNA automation platforms, and maintenance and modernization services sold through long-term service agreements and projects. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Valmet is publicly traded on Nasdaq Helsinki and serves customers in about 40 countries.