Embedded Software Engineer

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow's markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses.

If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.

Important: To ensure a smooth review process, please submit all application documents (CV, cover letter) in English only.

The role

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will work with interdisciplinary teams and experience how technology and team spirit create innovative solutions.

You will collaborate closely with clients to develop, test, and deliver products that meet their needs. At Zühlke, you'll work across a wide range of systems, competencies, technologies, and industries. Alongside modern C++ and C, we also use technologies like Rust, Embedded Linux, and Zephyr OS. Programming is just one part of the job — requirements engineering, architecture, testing, documentation, and DevOps are equally important.

• You ensure that good engineering practices are applied in daily work
• As a part of an agile team, you will develop products, embedded software architectures or automation pipelines, creating high-quality solutions that meet customer requirements
• You pay attention to a clean structure, good performance and sensible test coverage
• You communicate directly with customers in the projects
• You propose technical innovations, methods and principles that could be implemented on a project
• You support other colleagues in your project and across projects

What`s important to us

• You have a strong university degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field — or an equivalent professional qualification.
• You are passionate about high-quality software. For you, requirements, design patterns, efficient data structures, unit tests, and documentation are just as important as writing great code.
• The conscious use of resources and the real-time behavior of your software matter to you. That's why C and C++ are part of your toolkit.
• You bring first hands-on experience with operating systems like Linux or an RTOS.
• Experience with Rust? That's a plus.
• Experience with programming GPUs or NPUs? Another plus.
• You are communicative, open-minded, and confident in making decisions.
• You are driven by curiosity, passionate about learning and sharing knowledge, and believe that great solutions are built through collaboration.
• You are fluent in English and German, both written and spoken

What we offer

• Work life blend: we offer a safe & healthy workplace, with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home
• Profit share scheme: In addition to your annual salary, you may receive a profit share defined by the company's success in the previous year
• Global and Diverse Zühlke community: witness how colleagues from all our 16 offices across the globe come together to create a unique, positive and inclusive work culture, learning from one another at annual team camps, and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities.
• Committed to development: we are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development. We're empowering you to build the skills you need to make a positive impact, both personally and for our clients, today and in the future.

How to Apply

Please remember all applications must be submitted in English only to be considered.

If you feel you don't meet all the requirements, we are still happy to get to know you, learn more about your ambitions and ideas and look forward to receiving your application

We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability or veteran status.