Embedded Software Engineer

This role is located in Budapest, Hungary – We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3+ days per week.

Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable, connected apps, leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulip’s cloud-native, no-code platform, powered by embedded AI, is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable, human-centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category.

A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Israel. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator, a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner, one of Energage’s Top Workplaces USA, and one of Built In Boston’s “Best Places to Work” and “Best Midsize Places to Work.”

About You

The Tulip Embedded team focuses on development of the Tulip OS, maintaining and supporting bootloader, kernel, and userspace development for Tulip Hardware (Edge MC, Edge IO) and beyond. In this role, you will also work alongside product management and customers to identify key features, product performance, and contribute to strategic planning.

• Built large embedded (Linux) products in past roles (specifically user-facing products).
• Worked or designed connected edge/cloud environments and architected systems.
• Worked independently on problems and learned in the process.
• Collaborated on an interdisciplinary and diverse team.
• Partnered with Product and Design teams to help scope work.

What skills do I need?

• 4+ years of experience building embedded products used daily by customers
• Experience with a systems language (C, C++, Rust)
• Experience in an OS build system (Yocto, Buildroot, Android)
• Experience with shell scripting and command line environments
• Familiarity with an interpreted language (e.g., JavaScript, Python)
• Familiarity with common hardware buses and devices (e.g., I2C, SPI, PCIe)
• Working understanding of fundamental web and networking concepts, including HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, sockets, proxy servers
• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs over a microservice architecture (bonus)
• Experience with Redux, Node.js, Go, Electron, MongoDB, Postgres, WebSockets (bonus)