Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Lynx Software Technologies, Inc. · Denver, CO
$120,000–$160,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior embedded software engineering role focused on developing, integrating, and testing software for safety- and mission-critical aerospace and defense systems. Day-to-day work involves writing C/C++ or Ada code for real-time operating environments, debugging on target hardware, and supporting full software lifecycle activities. The role suits an experienced embedded engineer with an active Secret clearance and a background in RTOS platforms, ideally with avionics or defense program exposure.
Senior level · 5+ years · Denver, CO · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The JD requires 5+ years of C/C++ development experience specifically; C, C++, and Ada are listed as interchangeable embedded languages. C and C++ are also emitted as separate required skills given the combined '5+ years of C/C++' gate — Ada is an accepted alternative per the JD's 'and/or' framing.
RTOS integration is a hard gate; Green Hills, Wind River, and Lynx are listed as examples ('e.g.'), so they are captured as alternatives rather than individually required products.
Azure DevOps and Jenkins appear under the required section as examples of CI/CD tools ('etc.'); Azure DevOps is emitted as the primary with Jenkins as an alternative.
Atlassian tools (Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket), Python, PetaLinux/UltraScale+, MBSE/Cameo, ARINC 653/IMA/flight software, and DO-178C all appear under the 'Preferred / Additional Skills' section.
The posting notes 'Remote work opportunities based on role' but does not commit this role to remote; it is Denver-based with 25% travel required, so remote is marked false.
Compensation is listed as $120,000–$160,000 + bonus eligible; the bonus component cannot be quantified from the posting.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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