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# Staff Firmware & Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** Carrier Inc
- **Location:** Indianapolis, IN, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $96,000.0 - $192,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Confluence, JIRA, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth), Bluetooth, Booting (BIOS), UClibc (C Standard Library), C++ (Programming Language), CANopen, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, GNU Debuggers, IPv4, IPv6, Mobile Application Software, Java GUIs, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Key Management, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Network Protocols, Open Source Technology, Public Key Infrastructure, Qt (Software), Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Tools, RS-232, Software Engineering, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Trivial File Transfer Protocols, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Wi-Fi Technology, Multithreading, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Test-Driven Development (TDD), Google Test, Perf (Linux), Yocto, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Zigbee, Wireless Technologies, U-Boot, Aws Iot
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gfruup

## About the Role

+ **Bachelor's degree.**

 + **8+ years of experience in the design and development of Linux embedded software.**

 + **8+ years of experience in C/C++ programming for embedded systems.**

 + **3+ years experience writing RTOS and/or bare metal programming.**

Preferred Qualifications

 + **Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related technical discipline.**

 + **Experience identifying, prompting, and implementing AI strategies and recommendations into software development.**

 + **Experience in unit test cases on frameworks (Google test) and support CICD pipelines.**

 + **Participate in code reviews, documentation, and system debugging.**

 + **Strong hardware/electrical knowledge. You should know how to evaluate if your firmware is working as expected by probing the hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.)**

 + **Demonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (AGILE design, code reviews, design documentation, unit test, test driven development)**

 + **Experience with Embedded systems' standard design elements - bootloaders, OTA, firmware applications.**

 + **Experience connecting embedded devices to platforms such as AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub, or GCP.**

 + **Experience with Embedded IoT Protocols - MQTT, Sparkplug, HTTPS, device-to-cloud communication, OTA.**

 + **Experience with one or more wireless technologies (Bluetooth, BLE, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Zwave, 802.11, 802.15.4, LoRa, Cellular)**

 + **Experience with common wired messaging architectures and protocols (UART, RS232/485, I2C, SPI, CAN, CAN-TP, CANopen)**

 + **Experience with one or more embedded GUI frameworks (QT, Crank, LVGL)**

 + **Understanding of Network protocols (TCP,UDP Sockets,IPV4 IPv6)**

 + **Understanding of cyber security technologies and best practices (encryption, key management, certificates/exchanges, HMACs, PKI, HSMs, Secure Boot)**

 + **Experience in the use of Jira/Confluence, ADO or other software development tools**

 + **Experience with ftp, TFTP boot, NFS**

 + **Experience with open-source code, communities, and licenses**

 + **Experience with HVAC Controls Systems and Energy Storage Systems experience**

 + **Proficient in debugging multi-threaded applications using GDB, perf, and JTAG.**

 + **experience with Yocto Project or Buildroot to create and customize Linux images.**

## Description

We are looking for a highly motivated Embedded Software leader to provide technical leadership to the global teams that develop Carrier's embedded control products. These solutions require the product development coordination of embedded controls technologies with state-of-the-art GUIs, cloud, and mobile app interactivity. This individual would be responsible for leading the embedded software Wi-Fi development activities of the embedded software group for various embedded products., + **Provide technical leadership to the software engineering team.**

 + **Provide architectural documentation regarding project scope to technical design team.**

 + **Provide cybersecurity reviews during product development, design, and implementation phases.**

 + **Provide architectural knowledge to product owners and other leadership during scrums.**

 + **Provide detailed workflows, project timelines, and project deliverables to eligible engineers, leadership, and stakeholders.**

 + **Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, mobile, and cloud engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end functionality.**

 + **Lead software development lifecycle from project scope to code and design to product release and implementation.**


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