Software Applications Engineer - Dallas, TX, United States
Originally posted 4 September 2026 by the employer.
Work on embedded software solutions for wireless connectivity customers.
About the role
This role involves developing, designing, and debugging embedded software solutions, working across the lifecycle of a software product from requirements alignment to release.
What you'll do
- Support wireless connectivity customers through evaluation, development, and production.
- Build embedded application software integrating peripheral interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO) and wireless protocol stacks for customer demos and reference solutions.
- Create demos and reference solutions leveraging IEEE 802.15.4-based wireless protocol stacks (Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Proprietary RF).
- Write clean and scalable code focusing on simplicity, readability, and maintainability.
- Design software solutions with a test-driven development approach to validate functionality and ensure code coverage.
- Debug and address software issues during development and in production systems.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, Computer Engineering or related field of study.
- 1+ years of relevant engineering experience.
- 1+ years of experience with C (Programming Language).
- Familiarity with wireless communication protocols.
- Ability to operate at the hardware/software boundary, read schematics, reference datasheets, and trace bugs across peripheral interfaces, RTOS, and protocol stacks.
Nice to have
- Experience in hands-on development and debugging microcontroller applications.
- Experience in defining & executing project plans for embedded software components.
- Experience in software test methodologies for embedded applications.
- Experience working with and debugging serial peripheral interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO) in embedded application code.
- Experience with IEEE 802.15.4-based protocols (Zigbee, Thread, Matter, or Proprietary RF) at the application or stack integration level.
- Familiarity with a real-time operating system such as FreeRTOS.
- Familiarity with TI SimpleLink SDK, CCS IDE, or similar embedded development toolchain.
- Experience using hardware debug tools (JTAG, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes) to diagnose embedded software issues.
Skills: embedded application software, microcontroller applications, wireless communication protocols, peripheral interfaces, RTOS
This role has been open 40 days — well below the 56-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
723
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$166k
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| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (723 roles · 82 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 723 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 31 | 6135 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 126 d | 56 d (+70 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: embedded application software, microcontroller applications, wireless communication protocols, peripheral interfaces, RTOS
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 117 open roles · median 65 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 83 d
- NVIDIA · 59 open roles · median 57 d
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 35 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 43 open roles · median 36 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 28 open roles · median 42 d
How we counted: 723 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 82 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.