Location: Los Alamos, NM
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**What You Will Do** **This position will be filled at either the R&D Engineer 1 or R&D Engineer 2 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.** Accelerator Operations Technology - Instrumentation and Controls Group -AOT-IC is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to support the development, integration, and testing of embedded software for hardware platforms. We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer with broad interest in embedded software, FPGA-based platforms, and hands-on hardware debugging. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across disciplines, writing software close to the hardware, supporting hardware/software integration, debugging real systems in the lab, and helping integrate complex embedded platforms from prototype through delivery. As a full-time embedded software engineer, you will work near the boundary between software, firmware, FPGA logic, and hardware in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment. This position will work within a multidisciplinary group of physicists, electrical, RF, mechanical, FPGA, and software engineers. **R&D Engineer 1 ($96,600 - $158,000)** Develop and test embedded software in C/C++ for processors, SoCs, microcontrollers, and FPGA-based platforms. Support hardware/software integration, board bring-up, troubleshooting, validation, automation, documentation, and full lifecycle system support. **R&D Engineer 2 ($106,400 - $176,000)** In addition to the above, perform more advanced software engineering tasks including system interoperability, architecture analysis, advanced troubleshooting, mentoring junior engineers, documenting and presenting results, and providing technical leadership on embedded system integration efforts. **What You Need** **Minimum Job Requirements:** - Experience developing software in C or C++. - Familiarity with embedded systems concepts such as memo