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# Staff Software Engineer - Embedded Networking (remote)

- **Company:** Johnson Controls
- **Location:** Glendale, WI, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Networks, Linux on Embedded Systems, Firmware, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Transport Layer, Modbus, Packet Analyzer, Open Source Technology, Public Key Infrastructure, Openwrt, Bacnet, Process Control Systems
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us0b983c883dd2ae652352a0e3ec032cfb/eaa

## About the Role

8+ years shipping production networking software, with significant time on embedded or kernel-adjacent systems
Deep expertise in C, C++, or Rust, with the ability to work across all three
Command of the networking stack from Layer 2 through Layer 4, including the judgment to reason about a failure from the wire upward and read a packet capture unaided
Hands-on embedded Linux experience on resource-constrained hardware, or OpenWRT
Working knowledge of encrypted transport such as IPsec, ESP, and IKE, along with certificate-based identity and PKI
A track record of shipping into environments where downtime carries real consequences
Clear communication and the judgment to work well across product and engineering teams
Preferred
Experience with Host Identity Protocol (RFC 7401) or another identity-based networking overlay
Background in operational technology or industrial control systems, including protocols such as BACnet or Modbus
Exposure to hardware bring-up, board support packages, or firmware release engineering
Contributions to open source networking projects



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