Embedded Software Engineer

Orchard • Colorado Springs, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Embedded Software Engineer Colorado Springs, CO (100% On-Site | 5 Days/Week) Contract Must be a U.S. Citizen @Orchard LLC has an immediate need to fulfill a long-term contract role as an Embedded Software Engineer with Ethernet Switch experience. The role is in support of a client that builds resilient, secure, and decentralized edge infrastructure designed to ensure mission-critical communication and computing under any condition. Our team works at the intersection of advanced hardware and software engineering to deploy hardened systems where failure is not an option. Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Contract Embedded Software Engineer to join the engineering team in Colorado Springs. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting embedded software and hardware microprocessor development systems. You will develop bare-metal or RTOS applications, write low-level drivers for custom peripherals, and work closely with embedded FPGA processor design flows. As part of a lean, high-velocity team, you must be a self-starter who thrives with light guidance, possesses strong technical autonomy, and takes pride in building reliable, testable code for specialized hardware.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen (required due to security/compliance standards).
• Expert-level C programming skills specifically tailored for resource-constrained embedded environments.
• Deep hands-on experience supporting embedded hardware and microprocessor development setups.
• Proven experience with embedded FPGA processor design workflows, soft/hard IP cores, and hardware-software co-design.
• Demonstrated success writing bare-metal or low-level applications/drivers for standard peripheral interfaces.
• Strong experience building and running test scripts (Python, Bash, or similar) for automated hardware validation.
• Self-motivated, highly accountable, and comfortable operating independently with light guidance in a small-team environment.
• Willingness and ability to work 5 days per week on-site at our facility in Colorado Springs, CO.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS, VxWorks, Zephyr) or Embedded Linux system development.
• Familiarity with hardware description languages (VHDL or Verilog).
• Background in secure boot, cryptographic hardware acceleration, or hardened defensive systems.

Responsibilities

• Write, optimize, and maintain high-performance C code for microprocessors, microcontrollers, and FPGA-based embedded processors.
• Design, write, and test applications and low-level drivers for hardware peripherals (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, PCIe, Ethernet, GPIO).
• Utilize FPGA embedded processor design flows (e.g., AMD Xilinx MicroBlaze/Zynq, Intel Nios/SoC FPGA) to integrate hardware and software components.
• Build, execute, and automate test scripts to validate software functionality, peripheral communication, and hardware-software interaction.
• Use lab equipment (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, debuggers, JTAG) to troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues.
• Own features from requirement to deployment, working independently and collaboratively within a tight-knit engineering team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed