Software Engineer, Embedded Linux
TrellisWare Technologies, San Diego, California
- Pay
- $115K–$200K / year
- Work type
- Not stated
- Level
- Not stated
- Area
- Software engineering, Inference & ML systems, ML / AI engineering
- Posted
- Aug 17, 2026
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About the role
TrellisWare launched in 2000 with an innovative culture striving to push technological boundaries in the area of wireless communications. We are now a worldwide leader in highly advanced algorithms, waveforms, and communications systems that range from small form factor radio products to fully integrated solutions.
At TrellisWare, we connect passion with purpose and together we make an impact- on our careers, our company, and the world. And you can too. If you love to innovate and collaborate in a dynamic environment where boundaries are being pushed, you belong at TrellisWare. Where the opportunity to serve is not a challenge but a gift. Where you’re never going alone. Because there’s too much at stake to go solo.
Our Software Team is seeking a Software Engineer, Embedded Linux. You’ll develop software for our ecosystem of radios and waveforms to implement the next generation of resilient communications solutions. A typical day might start with you working in your personal office designing and implementing embedded Linux applications, drivers, or servers. It could move into one of our many state-of-the-art labs with your teammates to bring up your design on physical hardware.
Enhancing cohesiveness and maintaining team morale is a responsibility of all our team members, as is the ambition for self-improvement and talent development. Through this dedication to unity and professional advancement, each team member is directly impacting the successful outcome of TrellisWare’s deliverables and setting the tone for our core values of delivering excellence, pushing boundaries, and empowering people.
The essential duties and responsibilities include:
- Design, implement, and integrate software for an embedded Linux target (headless applications, servers, and drivers)
- Perform feasibility studies, and performance analysis of embedded Linux components
- Interface with common Linux services and protocols
- Configure Linux kernel and board support packages across a variety of platforms
- Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across the embedded Linux stack from bootloaders to user space applications
- Document and present design alternatives using standard professional practices and corporate defined engineering processes
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Develop relationships with team members built on trust and respect
Education and work experience requirements are:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study required.
- Minimum of four years' experience integrating with embedded Linux and four years of embedded software development experience
- General proficiency of C++ and Python
- Two years of experience with Yocto Project
- Experience with common lab test equipment (i.e. oscilloscope, logic analyzer)
- Experience with Object-Oriented design
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