Principal Engineer Software Engineering

Position Title

Principal Engineer – Embedded Software

Job Summary

Vertiv is seeking a Principal Engineer – Embedded Software to provide technical leadership and hands-on development expertise for one of our premier KVM & Serial access appliance platforms. This full-time individual contributor role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining embedded firmware and backend software for existing and next-generation products.

The successful candidate will work closely with technical stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and global engineering organizations to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality embedded solutions, while serving as a technical mentor and subject matter expert.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and translate software requirements to assess design feasibility within schedule and cost constraints.


• Define and drive architecture and design of embedded firmware and system components.


• Design, develop, debug, and test embedded Linux applications and product features.


• Collaborate closely with other engineers to deliver high-quality, reliable solutions.


• Create and maintain architecture, design, and unit test documentation.


• Partner with Development and QA teams to ensure product quality and engineering excellence.


• Mentor and provide technical guidance to team members as needed.


• Work closely with cross-functional corporate teams to support product development and knowledge transfer.


• Design and implement system and network services such as DHCP, SSH, RADIUS, TCP/IP, TFTP, HTTP/HTTPS.


• Integrate and implement NATS, gRPC, REST APIs, OpenSSL, and other open-source technologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master's degree in computer science, Electronics Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.


• 15+ years of software development experience using C, C++, Go (Golang), Python, and Shell scripting.


• 10+ years of Linux system programming experience, including low-level scripting for product image creation and deployment.


• 10+ years of experience developing Linux-based applications.


• 5+ years of API and service development using REST, gRPC, RabbitMQ, Redfish, DDS, or equivalent architectures.


• 10+ years of experience with GitHub/GitLab and modern source control workflows.


• 5+ years of experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.


• 5+ years of experience developing and deploying Docker containers.


• Strong understanding of Yocto build systems and Makefiles.


• Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and analysis.


• 10+ years of experience with low-level system programming; Ubuntu/Linux experience preferred.


• Experience with microservices architectures.


• Strong experience with multi-threaded and concurrent programming.


• Experience using Google Protocol Buffers.


• 5+ years of experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other relational databases.


• Proven database design skills with strong proficiency in SQL.


• Hands-on experience configuring and supporting NGINX.


• Knowledge of network and server management protocols such as SNMP, SMTP, and TCP/IP.