Software Engineer (Embedded)

Festo inspires people and organizations around the world with innovative solutions for industrial automation. We are an independent family business and offer more than 20,000 employees the opportunity to take bold steps, realize their ideas, and take on responsibility. As a team, we grow by tackling challenges together and we welcome everyone who wants to move the world with us.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain embedded firmware in C/C++ for real-time systems applications.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews with a focus on robustness, performance, and maintainability.
• Debug embedded systems using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and software instrumentation.
• Develop and run unit, integration, and system-level tests.
• Build, extend and operate Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins or similar) for firmware validation automation. 
• Work with industrial fieldbuses and networked systems (CAN, Ethernet, Modbus) to implement and verify device communications.
• Implement and maintain communication monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., Wireshark, serial/packet capture tools).
• Use Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools to manage requirements, tasks, change control and traceability.
• Write clear technical documentation, release notes and test reports.
• International collaboration with product, quality, and regulatory colleagues to ensure compliance with applicable standards (e.g. ISO13485) and best practices.

Required qualifications and skills:

• Strong programming skills in C and C++; experience writing clean, testable, and maintainable embedded code.
• Practical experience in embedded firmware design, debugging and testing of real-time systems.
• Good knowledge of Python for scripting, test automation and tooling.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for embedded projects (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent).
• Experience with communication monitoring and logging tools (for example, Wireshark).
• Experience using ALM tools for requirements and lifecycle management.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Excellent written and spoken English. 

Desirable (advantageous) experience:

• Hands-on familiarity with industrial fieldbuses (CAN, EtherNet/IP, Modbus).
• Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, Lifetech, automotive or industrial automation).
• Familiarity with version control best practices, code review workflows and static analysis tools.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, board-level debugging and power/thermal considerations.
• German language is a strong advantage.

Personal Competencies and Requirements:

• Quick learner with a positive mindset and excellent cooperation skills.
• High level of self-motivation and enthusiasm for professional development.
• Oriented towards goals achieving and results.
• Strong team and communication skills at all levels of an organization.
• Team player in a multinational working environment.
• High degree of independence, creativity, commitment, and flexibility.
• Willingness to travel.

You can expect the following with us:

• Motivating compensation and social benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects in the field of industrial automation, IIoT.
• Professional development and learning opportunities in high technology and production environment.

In case your professional qualification corresponds to the above requirements and you wish to join our growing team, please send us your CV!

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Your documents and personal data will be treated as confidential and will be protected according to Bulgarian Data Protection Legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).