A leading Australian technology company is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to own a complex real-time embedded platform.

This senior role combines architecture with hands-on engineering. You’ll define how software is structured across hard real-time and embedded Linux environments, guide technical decisions, and work closely with engineers across software, electronics, systems, controls, and test.

What You’ll Be Doing

- Define and evolve embedded software architecture across FreeRTOS and Linux
- Develop hard real-time C/C++ software for deterministic processing and control
- Build and tune embedded Linux systems for time-sensitive applications
- Develop device drivers, BSPs, hardware abstraction layers, and low-level interfaces
- Support sensor, actuator, camera, and FPGA-connected hardware integration
- Lead architecture and design reviews
- Mentor engineers and help establish solid software engineering standards
- Support hardware bring-up, debugging, automated testing, and qualification activities

What You’ll Bring

- Extensive embedded software engineering experience at Senior, Staff, Principal, or Architect level




- Deep C/C++ experience in real-time embedded systems
- Strong understanding of RTOS concepts, interrupts, scheduling, and synchronisation
- Embedded Linux development and debugging experience
- Strong software architecture and system design capability
- Experience with device drivers, BSPs, and low-level hardware interfaces
- Proven experience taking embedded products from development through to production

Highly Regarded

- FreeRTOS
- ARM-based SoCs such as Xilinx Zynq
- IMUs, encoders, cameras, or actuator systems
- FPGA interfacing
- HWIL / SWIL testing
- Aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, or other safety-critical environments

Why Apply?

- Principal-level technical ownership without giving up hands-on engineering
- Work across software, hardware, sensors, and control systems
- Influence architecture and engineering standards across a highly technical team

For more info, you can either Apply and send throguh your details and I'll be in touch or email me at [email protected]

📌 Principal Embedded Software Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 AEY u0026amp; Associates
📍 Sydney