Principal Embedded Software Engineer
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Summary
Principal Embedded Software Engineer leading Formlabs' embedded team, driving firmware and embedded software platform strategy for 3D printing products. Combines C/C++ expertise with cross-functional hardware-software collaboration, long-term technical roadmaps, and team mentorship in a Somerville, MA onsite/hybrid role.
- We are looking for a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to provide high-level technical leadership for our Embedded team
- This team is the essential component that ties software, hardware, and electronics together to push the limits of 3D printing
- As a Principal Engineer, you will navigate ambiguous goals to define technical roadmaps and solve complex, department-level problems
- Identify and lead large-scale projects that change department-level goals and advance Formlabs’ business objectives
- Drive the technical strategy and long-term roadmap for our firmware and embedded software platforms, focusing on a 6 to 12+ month time horizon
- Champion new technologies: you will vet risks and find ways to test, learn, and scale both incremental improvements and game-changing breakthroughs
- Cross the hardware-software boundary: work closely with electrical and mechanical teams to guide hardware selection and system design from a software perspective
- Partner with product managers and designers to define the product roadmap, ensuring technical feasibility and long-term scalability
- Work in a product-focused, agile environment onsite in our Somerville, MA office (Optional Hybrid Schedule: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote)
- Are a recognized subject matter expert in modern embedded software stacks, specifically C or C++
- Architect systems for the long term: choose the tech and frameworks used to solve challenges across the team, ensuring scalability and maintainability
- Are excited to “make it real”: you can take high-level vision and context and nail down scope, and design, and execution for a software feature and ultimately a product
- Possess experience debugging the most difficult hardware and software interactions, often across multiple subsystems and domains
- Mentor and grow the engineering team: you enjoy leveling up the engineers around you, attracting talent, and maintaining a high bar for excellence
- Have an extensive track record of shipping code for complex hardware products in the consumer, medical, defense, or industrial space for somewhere between 10 and 100 years of your life
- Act as a technical bridge and advisor: you translate high-level business goals into technical requirements and influence cross-functional partners’ roadmaps