Senior Engineer - Embedded Software

The Impact You'll Make

At Danfoss Drives, you’ll help build the embedded software that powers advanced variable frequency drive technologies used across industries worldwide. Your work will directly contribute to creating reliable, high-performance solutions that improve energy efficiency and support a more sustainable future.

As part of a global engineering team, you’ll work across the embedded software stack, from low-level platform components to application-layer functionality. You’ll help transform complex requirements into scalable solutions that deliver real value for customers in demanding real-world environments.

This is an opportunity to influence how products are designed, developed, and delivered while collaborating with talented engineers across hardware, software, and systems domains. You’ll contribute ideas, drive continuous improvement, and help shape the next generation of intelligent drive solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and develop embedded software solutions in C/C++ to deliver high-quality, reliable, and high-performance products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate, test, debug, and continuously improve embedded solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
• Translate technical requirements into scalable software architectures that support robust and maintainable product development.
• Drive agile ways of working by helping teams prioritize effectively, remove obstacles, and deliver value efficiently.
• Contribute across the software stack from low-level drivers to application functionality, enabling dependable solutions for industrial applications.

What We're Looking For

• Strong expertise in embedded C/C++ development and building software for microcontroller-based systems. 
• Hands-on experience with embedded architectures and low-level software, including drivers, hardware abstraction layers, real-time systems, interrupts, memory management, and peripheral interfaces.
• Proven ability to design robust software solutions, apply object-oriented design principles, and solve complex technical challenges across hardware and software domains. 
• Experience with modern development and debugging practices, including Git, structured testing, and embedded debugging tools. 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a global team environment and continuously learn new technologies and development approaches.

What You'll Get from Us

At Danfoss, you’ll join a purpose-driven company that is helping accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future through innovative technologies.

• A collaborative global environment where knowledge sharing and innovation are encouraged.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities to expand your technical and professional capabilities.
• The chance to influence product direction and contribute to solutions used by customers around the world.
• A culture that values inclusion, teamwork, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're excited about developing embedded software that enables smarter, more sustainable technologies, we'd love to hear from you. Even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and potential could be exactly what we're looking for

“All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.”

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.