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Mettle Ops · 3 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer

Madison Heights, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Mettle Ops is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will be a key technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting embedded and real-time software systems. The role requires expertise in embedded software development and real-time systems, focusing on architecture and protocol implementation in complex environments.

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Responsibilities

Own architectural decisions for real-time embedded communication systems

Design and implement message routing, translation layers, and distributed messaging architectures across heterogeneous network domains

Develop production-quality embedded software with a focus on reliability, determinism, and performance

Implement and maintain hardware interface layers using C/C++

Design real-time systems with deterministic timing requirements

Bridge and integrate heterogeneous network types across hardware and software boundaries

Author and maintain technical documentation including ICDs, message catalogs, and configuration schemas

Establish configuration standards that scale across device families

Lead hardware/software integration efforts in coordination with FPGA and systems teams

Drive code quality standards for safety-critical embedded systems

Evaluate and prototype emerging communication protocols

Support and guide junior and intermediate engineers through technical mentorship and code review

Contribute to system-level debugging, performance tuning, and continuous improvement initiatives

Potential technical leadership on autonomous vehicle and UAS initiatives

Qualification

Embedded software developmentReal-time systemsDistributed communicationC/C++ programmingArchitectural decision makingCode quality standardsTechnical mentorshipTechnical documentation

Required

Deep expertise in embedded software development

Experience with real-time systems

Knowledge of distributed communication

Ability to make sound architectural decisions

Mentoring junior and intermediate engineers

Design and implement message routing, translation layers, and distributed messaging architectures