Senior Embedded SW Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 31 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Retym is hiring a Senior Embedded SW Engineer in Austin, Texas to build product software from scratch. The role spans low level software, infrastructure, scripting, and application layers.
What you'll do
- Build product software architecture and implementations from scratch. - Develop low level embedded software and firmware components. - Implement software infrastructure and supporting tooling. - Create scripting solutions for automation, testing, and development workflows. - Contribute to application-level software design and integration.
What you'll need
- Experience in low level embedded software development. - Background in building software infrastructure and tooling. - Hands-on scripting experience. - Experience with embedded application development. - Track record of delivering embedded software components from scratch.
Skills: Embedded SW, Low Level, Infrastructure, Scripting
This role has been open 88 days — well above the 55-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
730
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$169k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Retym | All employers we track in this specialty (730 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 730 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 3 | 6166 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 88 d | 55 d (+33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Skills observed across this category: Embedded SW, Low Level, Infrastructure, Scripting
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 65 open roles · median 37 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 87 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 61 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 46 open roles · median 40 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 32 open roles · median 34 d
How we counted: 730 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.