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# Engineer, Software

- **Company:** Deere & Company
- **Location:** Cedar Falls, IA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $86,892.0 - $130,332.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Computer-Aided Design, Systems Engineering, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Embedded Operating Systems, Embedded Software, Ethernet, Simulink, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Modeling and Simulation, Build Tools
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.deere.com/talentcommunity/apply/1423863800/?locale=en_US

## About the Role

· Demonstrated experience with minimum of 3 years developing embedded applications using MATLAB Simulink and C.
· Demonstrated experience with minimum of 3 years developing and troubleshooting complex control systems.
· Demonstrated experience controlling engine and transmission systems to meet vehicle performance requirements.
· Experienced operating and developing control systems for large agriculture equipment.
· Demonstrated experience working with Real Time Embedded Operating Systems.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills for working in a global team environment.

What Makes You Standout

· Experienced with Systems Engineering principles.
· Experienced with and comfortable with using large AG equipment.
· Strong passion for embedded engineering, learning new technologies, experimentation.
· Experience in Model Based Software Design (MBSD) and/or system simulation.
· Experience in automotive communication protocols such as J1939 and ISO 11783 for CAN, LIN, and Ethernet.
· Experience participating in a cross functional team(s) that delivered a feature or product to production.
· Experience relating to the design/diagnostics of mechanical/electrical/hydraulic systems.
· Experience with continuous integration development and automated build tools.

Education

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

· Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with equivalent experience

## Description

As an Embedded Software Engineer for John Deere Tractor Software Teams located in Waterloo, Iowa, you will develop software within the drive strategy team working on innovative, high visibility projects transforming agriculture. You will also:

· Develop embedded software in MATLAB Simulink and C as part of a global team executing tractor drive strategy.
· Be responsible for testing software in multiple environments HIL, SIL, and VIL.
· Be responsible for collaborating with system engineers to design software that meets customer needs.
· Be responsible for tuning vehicle performance to achieve efficiency and productivity goals.
· Analyze issues and drive for resolution of issues found during lab and field testing, The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control. Deere & Company reserves the right to suspend, amend, modify, or terminate the Plan(s) in any manner at any time, including the right to modify or eliminate any cost-sharing between the company and participants. Changes, which can be made at any time, are made by action of the company's board of directors, or to the extent authorized by resolution of its board of directors, or by the Deere & Company Compensation Committee. In the event of a conflict between the language of the official Plan Documents and this document, the language of the official Plan Documents will control.