RTOS SW Engineer

Category: Software Development

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Referral Reward: RON 5,000

Employment Type: Employment contract

Time Allocation: Full Time

Workplace Type: On-site

Remaining positions: 1

Who is this role for

We are seeking an RTOS Software Engineer to design and implement the real-time firmware that gives our sensing and control systems their deterministic behavior. You will own scheduling, drivers, and middleware in a hard real-time environment.

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What You'll Do:

Design, implement, and optimize real-time firmware on an RTOS
Develop task scheduling, IPC, synchronization, and deterministic real-time behavior
Implement device drivers and middleware within the RTOS environment
Tune for latency, jitter, and CPU/memory footprint
Port and configure the RTOS for new SoCs and boards
Debug real-time and concurrency issues (race conditions, priority inversion)
Collaborate with platform, DSP, and application teams

Required Qualifications:

BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
5+ years embedded firmware development in C on RTOS-based systems
Deep understanding of real-time scheduling, concurrency, and synchronization
Experience with at least one RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX, or QNX) and Linux kernel driver development
Strong debugging skills with JTAG/SWD, trace, and lab instruments
Understanding of microcontroller/SoC architecture (memory, interrupts, DMA)

Preferred Qualifications:

ARM Cortex-M/R experience
Low-latency, high-rate sensor data pipelines
Safety-critical or functional-safety (ISO 26262) firmware experience
Multi-core AMP/SMP RTOS configurations
Robotics or autonomous systems background

Benefits:

Competitive salary and equity
Flexible vacation policy
Collaborative and dynamic work environment
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in a cross-functional team