Senior Embedded Systems Engineer
AssetWatch, Inc.Base Salary
$150k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, debug, release, and sustain production embedded firmware in C/C++ for sensors, hubs, gateways, and connected hardware.
- Implement device communication, scheduling, data collection, configuration, diagnostics, logging, and OTA/FOTA update features.
- Troubleshoot BLE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, cellular, TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP, TLS, MQTT/HTTP, provisioning, reconnection, and network diagnostics.
- Support embedded Linux and RTOS components, peripheral interfaces, device state machines, edge services, and backend/cloud connectivity.
- Contribute to schematic and PCB reviews, component selection, power and interface design, design-for-manufacture, and design-for-test decisions.
- Bring up and debug hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, power profilers, debug probes, serial logs, and packet captures.
- Develop test plans and support fixtures, regression testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, failure analysis, and environmental or compliance pre-screening.
- Support product delivery from prototype and EVT/DVT/PVT through manufacturing test, production ramp, launch readiness, field deployment, and sustaining engineering.
- Collaborate across firmware, hardware, validation, manufacturing, cloud, product, cybersecurity, support, and contract-manufacturing teams.
- Maintain Git workflows, pull requests, code reviews, repeatable builds, versioning, changelogs, release notes, and controlled deployment artifacts.
- Create technical specifications, interface references, test procedures, troubleshooting guides, and launch documentation.
Requirements
- Must be based in the Columbus, Ohio area and able to work from the office at least three days each week.
- Demonstrated experience developing, debugging, releasing, and sustaining production embedded firmware in C or C++.
- Practical electrical engineering experience reading schematics, reviewing PCB layouts, supporting board bring-up, and troubleshooting analog, digital, power, and embedded-interface issues.
- Experience with network-connected devices, edge gateways, or hubs using technologies such as BLE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, cellular, TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, TLS, MQTT, HTTP/HTTPS, or VPNs.
- Experience with embedded Linux and/or RTOS-based systems, diagnostics, logging, fault handling, and interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, or CAN.
- Hands-on proficiency with firmware and hardware debugging tools including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, debug probes, serial logs, and packet captures.
- Experience supporting product launches from prototype through qualification, manufacturing readiness, production ramp, and post-launch field support.
- Experience working across firmware, hardware, testing, validation, documentation, manufacturing support, and root-cause problem solving.
- Working knowledge of authentication, authorization, encrypted transport, credential handling, signed firmware, secure boot, or secure update flows.
- Experience with Git-based development, pull requests, code review, branching, release control, and technical documentation.
- Strong written and verbal communication, engineering judgment, and comfort solving ambiguous cross-disciplinary problems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Preferred experience includes industrial IoT, condition monitoring, vibration sensing, ruggedized electronics, low-power battery devices, Nordic/nRF platforms, BLE GATT, automated test fixtures, HIL frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, build automation, semantic versioning, package management, vulnerability tracking, DFM/DFT, contract manufacturing, end-of-line testing, FCC/CE/UL/ESD/EMC pre-compliance, and AI-assisted engineering tools.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $150,000–$170,000 USD, plus equity and benefits.
- Remote-first distributed company with required collaboration during core working hours; this role requires Columbus-area residence and at least three office days per week.
- Flexible work schedule.
- Comprehensive benefits including a retirement plan match.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Stock options and opportunities to make an impact on a growing team.
About AssetWatch, Inc.
Manufacturing facilities face common challenges including stressed equipment, unplanned downtime, and strained personnel. AssetWatch solves these challenges with an end-to-end condition monitoring solution that provides a comprehensive view of asset health. We bundle wireless sensors, communication network, cutting-edge software, and dedicated CAT III+ experts, all for one low monthly subscription. The AssetWatch team makes onboarding a breeze with a 1-2 day installation of the hardware and communication network. No capex investment, no IT involvement, no need to use your wifi. AssetWatch combines vibration, temperature, and oil analysis in one platform for a holistic asset health view, detecting issues that a single technique might miss. Advanced AI and certified condition monitoring engineers prioritize asset risks and offer prescriptive insights so your maintenance team can prioritize the most critical problems first. The results for you: less downtime, lower maintenance costs, and a safer, more sustainable operation. Request a demo by calling 844.464.5652 or visit https://www.assetwatch.com/get-started