Aquent is partnering with a leading organization at the forefront of specialized asset management solutions for critical infrastructure. This innovative company designs and manufactures next-generation secure embedded controllers, playing a vital role in ensuring the connectivity and resilience of essential power, telecommunications, and energy systems.

Step into a pivotal role where you’ll drive the future of critical infrastructure, shaping resilient telecommunications and energy systems. This is an unparalleled prospect to take technical ownership of a core embedded platform, diving deep into the entire software stack from bootloaders to sophisticated services. You will lead board bring-up, define product architecture, and engineer robust, high-uptime systems for critical field deployments, directly influencing the reliability and security of vital infrastructure.

Your work will have a tangible impact on everyday life, empowering essential services and seeing your innovations come to fruition from initial design to successful field deployment.

Key Responsibilities

- Architect secure and maintainable embedded software solutions, leveraging cutting-edge tools and methodologies such as Yocto/OpenEmbedded, U-Boot, and advanced Over-The-Air (OTA) update mechanisms.
- Collaborate closely with hardware engineering teams to facilitate seamless board bring-up, configure essential peripherals (including UART, SPI, I²C, and GPIO), and develop robust device drivers.
- Implement and integrate interfaces for a diverse range of industrial and IoT protocols, such as Modbus, CAN bus, SNMP, MQTT, and TCP/IP.
- Provide technical leadership, guiding engineering standards, supporting continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflows, and mentoring junior embedded engineers to foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.





Must-Have Qualifications What We’re Looking For

- Strong expertise in Embedded Linux, including hands-on experience with Yocto, OpenEmbedded, U-Boot, and secure Over-The-Air (OTA) update systems.
- Advanced proficiency in C/C++ and Python programming languages.
- Deep understanding of the Linux device model, device trees, and various hardware interfaces.
- Proven experience engineering self-recovering, high-uptime systems designed for deployment in remote and challenging environments.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

- Exposure to Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and microcontrollers.
- Ability to read and interpret hardware schematics.
- Background in industrial control systems, IoT platforms, or energy/power systems.

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, high-performing team that champions technical excellence, continuous learning, and significant career growth. You will contribute directly to mission-critical infrastructure, underpinning essential services and making a tangible, real-world difference. About Aquent Talent Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match.

We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

📌 Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Australia)
🏢 Aquent
📍 Australia