Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - R&D

Tractive is the most trusted name for keeping cats and dogs safe and healthy. The secret to our success? A team of truly unique individuals who care about each other just as much as going the extra mile for pet parents. Want to be part of our story? Check out this role and see if you’re a good match!

Your territory

As part of our Firmware team, you will:

• Lead exploratory R&D projects - from idea, feasibility and validation to functional prototypes

• Develop and implement firmware in C/C++ to test and iterate on new product concepts

• Experiment with edge AI, low-power IoT, GPS, Cellular, BLE and sensor technologies

• Collaborate with Firmware, Hardware and Data Science teams to validate promising approaches

• Support a team of professional Firmware developers in writing production-grade code when needed, especially during transition phases

• Define clear success criteria, analyze data from lab and field tests and decide when to deepen or stop an approach

• Own your topics with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility while keeping stakeholders aligned through clear communication

• Bring in your fresh ideas to make Tractive better - you’ll never hear the phrase “...because that’s how we’ve always done things”

• Continuously grow personally and professionally, take ownership of areas that show your potential, and attend workshops which help you get to the next level

Your profile

Key requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in embedded firmware development with C/C++

• Strong embedded systems engineering background, including microcontrollers, sensors and connectivity modules

• Programming skills in Python (e.g. pandas, Matplotlib, NumPy) for data analysis and tooling

• Proven experience bringing prototypes or features from R&D into production

• Research competence in areas like AI on embedded devices, sensor fusion or similar advanced topics is a plus

• Very good English skills

Does this sound like you?

• Excelling at organizing your tasks and structuring your work

• Working autonomously and taking responsibility for your topics

• Thinking logically about experiments - you know how long it makes sense to invest in a direction

• A strong team player who communicates clearly

• Passionate about hardware, gadgets, sensor technology and embedded systems

• Curious and always looking to learn something new

• Excited to work in Austria alongside an outstanding team