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Clearance: No ClearanceBusiness Unit: Piper CompaniesPosition Owner: Mariah McCowanPiper Companies is seeking a Signal Integrity Engineer to sit onsite in RTP NC to join an innovative organization within the high-speed c…
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Embedded Engineer jobs in Raleigh, NC
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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support economic vitality, public safety, sustainable and resilient communities and quality of life. We bring together planners, engineers, architects, construction management staff, environmental, strategic communicatio…
$110k - $140k
CarolinaSecurity Clearance: No ClearanceBusiness Unit: Piper CompaniesPosition Owner: Harrison BoatwrightPiper Companies is seeking a Vision Engineer for a full-time opportunity with an innovative organization in the agr…
$115k - $140k
CarolinaSecurity Clearance: No ClearanceBusiness Unit: Piper CompaniesPosition Owner: Rachel BucklePiper Companies is seeking a Vision Systems Engineer to join a cutting-edge automation and manufacturing technology organ…
$117.6k - $176.4k
What will you do?Our US Digital Buildings System Architects are the trusted technical experts to create and apply innovative solutions by combining the latest technologies with our EcoStruxure offer to help drive sales a…
designing solutions for both functional and non-functional requirements• High level of competency in software design and software engineering implementation.• Well Versed with common design patterns• XML Webservices expe…
$75.24k - $144.21k
: 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…
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CarolinaSecurity Clearance: No ClearanceBusiness Unit: Piper CompaniesPosition Owner: Jackie AllenPiper Companies is seeking a Software Engineer (IaC) to support a world leading technology organization in the Raleigh-Dur…
impact, the Infosys Financial Services unit is the perfect place for you to grow and excel.Job DescriptionIn the assigned Job Role of Engineering Consultant 2, your Area Of Responsibility will be as below: Elicit and doc…
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: ANA United StatesWork Type: HybridDate Posted: 2026-09-03Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 34,000…
English (Required)Work Shift:1st shift (United States of America)Please review the following job description:The Site Reliability Engineer role focuses on enhancing the reliability and operational excellence of enterpris…
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confidence, and proactively manage their security posture.Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026.The Team:Deloitte’s Cyber Engineering is a new team that is spearheading the buildout of Cybersecurity technology that…
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What embedded engineers earn in Raleigh
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $33–$47 | $69k–$97k |
| Mid level | $47–$64 | $97k–$134k |
| Senior | $62–$83 | $129k–$173k |
Adjusted for the Raleigh 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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Junior Embedded Engineer
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Embedded Engineer
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Senior Embedded Engineer
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Principal Firmware Engineer
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