Fluke Calibration designs and builds industry‑leading calibration instruments used by metrology labs and industrial customers worldwide. Our products rely on exceptionally precise hardware, advanced measurement science, and world‑class embedded software. As part of the Fluke Calibration engineering team, you will directly influence the accuracy, reliability, and performance of the tools that underpin global measurement standards.
The Staff Embedded Software Developer is a senior technical contributor to the Fluke Calibration organization. This role carries end‑to‑end responsibility for designing, implementing, and sustaining embedded software across multiple execution environments, including embedded Linux, POSIX‑based OS environments (e.g., Zephyr), real‑time kernels (e.g., FreeRTOS), and bare‑metal platforms used in precision calibrators.
In this role, the engineer will ensure that embedded software applications integrate seamlessly with precision analog/digital circuitry, hardware control loops, measurement systems, and calibration‑grade architectures. They will collaborate closely with the Platform Architecture Team to evolve OS support, system abstractions, and core platform services while ensuring that design choices are robust, maintainable, and aligned with Fluke Calibration’s long‑term technical roadmap.
Key Responsibilities:
Embedded Software Development & Ownership
Own the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and deployment of embedded software for calibration instruments.
Develop effective, efficient, and reliable embedded software throughout all project phases: concept, architecture, implementation, verification, release, and sustaining.
Continuously enhance and modernize the embedded software platform to meet evolving customer needs and maintain a robust development environment.
Precision Hardware & Control Systems
Design and debug hardware control loops, including PID, servo, stimulus generation, voltage/current regulation, stability control, and deterministic timing sequences.
Work directly with electrical engineers and the calibration hardware team to ensure software integrates seamlessly with precision analog/mixed‑signal circuits, ADC/DAC chains, thermal control elements, and low‑noise measurement systems.
Tune and optimize real‑time system behavior to achieve metrology‑grade stability, repeatability, and traceability.
System Debugging & HW/SW Integration
Diagnose complex issues across the full stack: interrupts, drivers, peripherals, concurrency, caches, memory protection, and timing anomalies.
Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD, protocol analyzers, and signal generators to debug hardware interactions.
Collaborate with validation, systems engineering, and manufacturing test teams to ensure stable, compliant, and verifiable system behavior.
Cross‑Functional Leadership
Provide technical leadership to junior engineers through mentorship, architecture reviews, and design guidance.
Influence product direction by identifying risks, proposing architectural improvements, and contributing to technology roadmaps.
Communicate effectively across software, hardware, verification, manufacturing, and quality teams.
Key Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or closely related fields.
10+ years of experience developing embedded firmware/software in environments such as:
Embedded Linux, POSIX‑based RTOS (Zephyr, QNX, etc.)
Real‑time schedulers (FreeRTOS or equivalent)
Bare‑metal systems for MCUs
Strong proficiency in C/C++, embedded toolchains, cross‑compilers, GCC/Clang, Make/CMake, and modern build systems.
Experience with:
Hardware control loops and real‑time signal processing
ADC/DAC subsystems, sensor interfaces, timing‑critical routines
Device drivers, interrupts, concurrency, memory models, and OS fundamentals
Networking and connectivity stacks (TCP/IP, USB, GPIB)
Proven ability to work at OS, driver, and low‑level hardware layers.
Strong debugging skills using embedded instrumentation tools.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Fluke
Fluke is leading the world in creating software, test tools and technology that will support customers today and in the future. We are a customer-obsessed market leader with a strong reputation for reliability, quality and safety.A wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation (www.fortive.com), Fluke is a global corporation headquartered in the greater Seattle area. Driven by the successful Fortive Business System, Fluke offers the passion of a startup with the resources of a Fortune 500 company. We are focused on the growth of our individual employees, teams and the Fluke brand.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [email protected].
Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.
Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 137,200.00 - 229,100.00
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