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Embedded Engineer jobs in Atlanta, GA
Embedded engineers write the software that runs inside devices — from consumer gadgets to cars and medical equipment — working close to the hardware in C and C++ under tight resource limits.
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OverviewDo you want to be part of an outstanding team selling into the world's top organizations? Come join the Salesforce Solution Engineering team! Through collaboration with the customer, the Sales team, the Product t…
$71 - $81 per hour
DescriptionA client with Kforce is seeking a Back End Engineer III to join their team in Atlanta, GA.Responsibilities:* Gathering functional requirements, developing technical specifications, and project & test planning*…
$106.9k - $147k
Become a part of our caring communityHumana is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer who will be responsible for building and enhancing the UI/UX layer of Humana's Enterprise Data Governance Platform and Control…
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Become a part of our caring communityThe Lead AI Automation Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership for the design, engineering, and productionization of AI-enabled automation across the Data Governance organ…
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: ANA United StatesWork Type: HybridDate Posted: 2026-08-28Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 34,000…
Job-ID29240112Reference26-25487Title: Workday Adaptive Planning/Full Stack Developer Location: Atlanta, Charlotte, Winston Salem, Greensboro, NC, Richmond, Orlando - Remote till its contract, 100% onsite post conversion…
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Participate in application architecture, technical design, code reviews, estimation, sprint planning, and solution discussions with engineering and product teams.· Write clean, maintainable, testable, and secure code wit…
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Job ID: 18403 Position Title: Senior IAM/PAM Engineer Location: Atlanta, GA / RemoteReports To: Senior Manager, IAMNewell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco, Colema…
POSITION: Senior Microsoft 365 Engineer (Identity, Endpoint & Compliance)We’re hiring the engineer who’ll own the Microsoft 365 platform at WellStreet, in an environment where identity and data governance are HIPAA oblig…
team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Sr. Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Enterprise Technology - Cloud Financial Management Gr…
We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support and maintain production systems hosted on AWS. The role focuses on production support, incident management, monitoring, observability, troubleshoot…
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What embedded engineers earn in Atlanta
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$48 | $71k–$100k |
| Mid level | $48–$66 | $100k–$138k |
| Senior | $64–$86 | $133k–$178k |
Adjusted for the Atlanta market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
C and C++Microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M)RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr)Hardware protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)Reading schematics and datasheetsDebugging with scopes and JTAGMemory and power constraintsRust or Python (a plus)Version control and CI for firmware
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
What does the volatile keyword do, and when do you need it?
Explain it prevents the compiler optimizing away reads/writes, with the classic cases: hardware registers and variables shared with ISRs. Precision matters here.
How do you debug a device that crashes intermittently in the field?
Talk about logging within constraints, watchdog data, reproducing environmental conditions, and instrumented builds. Field debugging method is a core competency.
Walk me through what happens from power-on to your main loop running.
Cover reset vector, startup code, memory initialization, and clock configuration. Comfort with the boot path signals genuine low-level experience.
How do you write an interrupt service routine safely?
Keep it short, defer work to the main loop or a task, protect shared data, and avoid blocking calls. Mention the race conditions you are preventing.
How do you handle a memory-constrained target — say 64KB of RAM?
Discuss static allocation, avoiding heap fragmentation, measuring stack usage, and linker-map analysis. Concrete numbers from a past project help.
How do you test firmware?
Unit tests off-target with mocked hardware, hardware-in-the-loop rigs, and on-target integration tests. Acknowledging what is hard to test is part of a good answer.
Tell me about a hardware/software interaction bug you solved.
The best stories involve a scope or logic analyzer and a datasheet detail everyone missed. Show the collaboration with hardware engineers.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For embedded engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Name the microcontroller families, RTOSes, and protocols per project — embedded hiring screens on exact platform matches.
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Describe the products you shipped and their constraints (battery life achieved, memory footprint, certification requirements).
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Include debugging tooling experience — JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers — as it separates firmware engineers from application developers.
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Mention safety or regulatory work (MISRA, ISO 26262, FDA) if you have it; those doors are hard to open otherwise.
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Personal hardware projects with write-ups carry real weight in this field — link one if it is presentable.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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