Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Date Posted:

2026-03-09

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT325: NSP - BLOOMFIELD, CT 212 WEST NEWBERRY RD, BLOOMFIELD, CT, 06002 USA

Would you like to join a truly international, talent driven company that values Safety, Ethics, Quality, Innovation and Employee Opportunity?

Otis Elevator is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of embedded software for our commercial elevator products. The successful candidate will be capable of leading software solutions across the elevator product domain globally, leading the development of embedded software, field and factory tools, simulation, test and automation activities.    

On a typical day you will:

• Lead the implementation of the roadmap for embedded software, field and factory tools; provide guidance to firm architectural decisions and lead the execution of best practices for Otis software globally.

• Provide mentorship and strategic direction for other engineers to develop global embedded software architecture.

• Establish and enforce coding standards and promote code reviews to deliver high cohesion software and nurture technical talent within the team. 

• Understand and translate business requirements into technical implementation.

• Lead integration of cybersecurity features and standard practices into Otis products, improving the security of our embedded software and hardening our products against new risks.

• Partner with field customers to improve UI/UX, increasing first time fix rates and average troubleshooting time through improved controller software design.

• Participate in project planning, estimation and resource planning for complex tasks involving cross-functional teams.

• Adopt automated controller software testing to improve the overall release cycle of software baselines by reducing time impact for regression testing and system level integration testing. Incorporate industry wide standards like CI/CD pipelines, automated system integration testing to strengthen the reliability of controller software.

• Lead critical troubleshooting efforts for high value customers with legacy controllers and custom solutions.

What you will need to be successful:

• Requires advanced knowledge of software engineering, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience

• BS or BA in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field with a minimum of 12 years of experience, or a master's degree in software engineering with a minimum of 10 years of experience

• Proven expertise in all aspects of product development process

• Working experience with all the phases involved in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Go getter, result-driven, and work independently with minimal supervision

• Experience with Rapid Prototyping and Continuous integration

• Experience leading multiple projects and priorities simultaneously

• Strong embedded C/C++ development experience

• Strong VB.NET or VC# experience for designing of UI/UX simulator tools

• Hands-on development experience with CAN, RS232, RS422, RS485, SPI, I2C, Timers, EEPROM and Flash Driver interfaces

• Experience with source version control systems (Git, Subversion, Atlassian tools)

• Working experience with software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Event-Driven, etc.)

• Experience with Kernel/Driver development and experience with system and application debugging

• Thorough understanding of embedded systems development and experience with real time operating system (RTOS)

• Experience with multi-threaded application and strong real time debugging experience with advanced tools like emulators, logic serial analyzers, remote debugging, scopes, serial line analyzer, JTAG/BDM and CANalyzer

• Understanding of BSP development, device Drivers, and Boot loaders

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Java and Python; Knowledge in Yocto and other build system

• Experience with network protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast and practical experience with network profiling tools like Wireshark

• Familiarity with Real Time Operating Systems (Linux, VxWorks, T