Embedded Software Engineer II

FORT Robotics develops safety and control solutions for machines operating alongside people. The Embedded Software Engineer II designs and implements safety-critical embedded firmware, RTOS and bare-metal systems, and integrations with Embedded Linux platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build the Core: Design and implement robust C/C++ firmware for safety-critical embedded devices
• Real-Time Architecture: Architect and implement RTOS-based firmware on Zephyr and FreeRTOS, including task and scheduling design, ISR handling, inter-task communication, memory and stack budgeting, and deterministic timing analysis
• Bare-Metal and Drivers: Write low-level peripheral drivers and board support code, and bring up new silicon from reset vector through to a running application
• Platform Integration: Interface RTOS devices with our Embedded Linux user-space applications, ensuring reliable communication and consistent behavior across the product
• Pipeline & Quality: Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) to automate testing, including on-target and hardware-in-the-loop test execution
• Hardware Integration: Bring up new hardware, debug complex issues using JTAG/GDB, and optimize for latency, power, and memory footprint
• Safety Compliance: Collaborate with the safety team to ensure code adheres to rigorous standards (IEC 61508) while maintaining development velocity

Preferred

• Experience with Zephyr specifically, including devicetree, Kconfig, and west-based workflows
• Experience with wireless stacks (BLE, ISM, Wi-Fi) on constrained devices
• Background in Functional Safety (FuSa) or working in regulated industries (Medical, Automotive, Aerospace)
• Low-level Linux knowledge of Board Support Packages (BSP) and device drivers
• Familiarity with static analysis, MISRA C, or other coding standards used in safety-critical development
• Zephyr
• Devicetree
• Kconfig
• West workflows
• BLE
• ISM wireless
• Wi-Fi
• Constrained-device development
• Functional safety
• Medical industry experience
• Automotive industry experience
• Aerospace industry experience
• Low-level Linux
• Board Support Packages
• Device drivers
• Static analysis
• MISRA C
• Safety-critical coding standards

Company

• Safety control platform for autonomous robots and machines
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• https://www.fortrobotics.com/
• Founded in 2018
• 51-200 employees

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on embedded software development, with a substantial portion on RTOS or bare-metal targets
• Strong proficiency in C, along with working proficiency in C++
• Solid production experience with an RTOS such as Zephyr, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, or similar, including scheduling, synchronization primitives, and interrupt-driven design
• Comfort working directly with MCU peripherals, datasheets, reference manuals, linker scripts, and startup code
• Familiarity with Embedded Linux user-space development, sufficient to integrate and debug across the RTOS and Linux boundary
• Familiarity with IP networking protocols and standard interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, USB, CAN)
• Experience with Python for scripting/automation and familiarity with CI/CD workflows
• Comfort using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and GDB to troubleshoot hard-to-find bugs
• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Experience with Zephyr specifically, including devicetree, Kconfig, and west-based workflows
• Experience with wireless stacks (BLE, ISM, Wi-Fi) on constrained devices
• Background in Functional Safety (FuSa) or working in regulated industries (Medical, Automotive, Aerospace)
• Low-level Linux knowledge of Board Support Packages (BSP) and device drivers
• Familiarity with static analysis, MISRA C, or other coding standards used in safety-critical development
• 3-5 years of hands-on embedded software development, with a substantial portion on RTOS or bare-metal targets.

Required skills

• C, C++, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, Embedded Linux, Microcontroller Programming, UART, SPI, I2C, USB, CAN, Python, CI/CD, JTAG, GDB, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Wi-Fi, Functional Safety, MISRA C

Preferred skills

• Safety control platform for autonomous robots and machines., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, https://www.fortrobotics.com/, H1B Sponsorship, Data Powered by, Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship, 100, Represents job field similar to this job, Engineering and Development, Trends of Total Sponsorships, *2024, (1), Growth Stage, Total Funding, $56.9M, Key Investors, Tiger Global Management, Prime Movers Lab, 2026-08-18, Acquired, 2025-08-06, Series B· $18.9M, 2022-07-12, Series B· $25M, Leadership Team, Samuel Reeves, Founder and CEO, Recent News, TradingView, FORT Robotics, Inc. Files Confidential S-4 for SPAC Merger

Experience

• 3-5 years