Lead Engineer - SW Design

Job Title

Lead Engineer - SW Design

Role Summary

Join the Bluetooth R&D team to design and deliver embedded firmware for resource-constrained wireless systems, with emphasis on performance-critical, standards-compliant features and audio use cases. The role is hands-on and requires ownership of firmware features from design through release while collaborating with systems, PHY/RF, validation, and customer-facing teams.

Experience Level

Senior — 5 to 10 years of industry experience in embedded firmware or systems-level software development.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include design, implementation, debugging, and ownership of embedded firmware features.

• Design, implement, and maintain real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for resource-constrained systems.
• Own complex firmware features from design through implementation, debugging, and release.
• Develop timing-critical, performance-sensitive code with strong attention to memory, power, and CPU constraints.
• Debug complex system-level issues spanning firmware, hardware, and protocol interactions.
• Contribute to multi-protocol and wireless coexistence (CoEx) solutions.
• Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and product qualification activities.
• Collaborate closely with systems, PHY/RF, validation, and customer-facing engineering teams.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items listed separately.

• Hands-on embedded firmware development experience with strong proficiency in C/C++.
• Solid understanding of real-time systems, interrupts, concurrency, and low-level hardware interactions.
• Experience building memory- and power-optimized embedded software.
• Strong debugging skills using hardware and software tools (JTAG, trace, logs, protocol analyzers, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive technical solutions and make sound design decisions.
• Experience delivering embedded software products from concept through production.
• Experience providing technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers.
• Nice-to-have: Bluetooth Classic and/or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE); Bluetooth audio use cases (audio streaming, HFP, LE Audio); Bluetooth controller architectures and wireless protocol stacks; wireless coexistence (CoEx) and multi-protocol systems; automation, scripting, CI practices; exposure to GenAI-assisted development tools.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: Silicon Labs

Headquarters: Austin, Texas, USA

Silicon Labs is a leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, creating embedded technology that connects devices to improve lives. With a focus on advanced edge connectivity applications, the company provides device makers with cutting-edge solutions and support. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs operates in over 16 countries, serving markets such as smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities.