Embedded Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026. Scalian scores A on the Alion truth index.
Who are we?
Human and technology to scale sustainable performance
Founded in 1989,Scalian is a French group with an international dimension, with offices in Europe and North America, specializing in business transformation through its dual mastery of business processes and digital technologies.
In the TOP10 engineering consulting companies in France, the Group is involved in service activities in the management of industrial projects, supply chain (costs, quality, deadlines, performance), architecture and development of embedded digital systems, computer systems applications. Information and Artificial Intelligence.
Scalian also deploys solutions for optimizing projects or the performance of organizations and responds to the challenges of transformation for leaders in industry and the tertiary sector (energy, transport, space, banking, health, environment, etc.)
Are you an Embedded Software Engineer looking for a new challenge?
If you want to expand your reach and share your knowledge with a team of professionals, contribute to the development of your colleagues' or Clients' skills, want to consolidate your expertise and grow on innovative projects, this is your opportunity!
What this experience will bring you
First of all, an interesting technical challenge but also an overview of our Client's projects.
We will build your career together and accompany you towards the development of new skills and technical leadership.
What will your role be?
We are looking for a Embedded Software Engineer to perform the following activities:
- Develop and maintain real-time embedded software in C++ for VxWorks or similar RTOS environments.
- Design and implement safety-critical software functions in compliance with IEC 61508, targeting SIL-2 or higher safety levels.
- Perform hardware/software integration, debugging and performance optimization, including peripheral management and resource optimization.
- Develop and execute unit and functional tests for embedded systems, ensuring compliance with real-time, response-time and determinism requirements.
- Contribute to Agile and DevOps activities, including version control, CI/CD pipelines and Python-based tools for prototyping and infrastructure management.
What are we looking for in you? Experience and competencies
- At least 2 years of experience in developing embedded systems on real-time platforms, involving ROTSs (VxWorks or similar).
- Knowledge of IEC 61508 Standard for developing Software functions/applications at least SIL-2 or greater.
- Proven expertise in the development and maintenance of software for embedded systems with real-time requirements.
- Ability to work closely with hardware on activities such as debugging, performance optimization, and peripheral management.
- General knowledge of the VxWorks (or similar) real-time operating system.
- Experience with task management, semaphores, mutexes, and synchronization mechanisms (preferably VxWorks-specific).
- Excellent proficiency in C++, with particular attention to resource optimization.
- Knowledge of Python 3 for prototyping and infrastructure management.
- Competence in response-time analysis and determinism to meet real-time requirements.
- Experience in writing and executing unit and functional tests, particularly in embedded environments.
- Proficient use of version control systems.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices for embedded environments, and continuous integration (CI/CD).
Soft skills:
- Problem solving
- Good communication skills
- Goal-oriented approach
- Self-Driven
- Proactive to solution
- Teamwork
Languages:
- Italian (Fluent)
- English (fluent, oral and written)
Why would you take the plunge?
Because Scalian is a group of specialists, carrying an ambitious development project, focused on innovation and committed to its customers where you can:
· Build a tailor-made career path, varied and adapted to your desires, thanks to the variety of missions in your area of expertise and the bridges between trades
· Learn by the quality of the projects on which you will intervene, in your specialty, and thanks to the large training catalog delivered by our internal Academy
· Have an attractive social framework that respects everyone's needs (telework agreement, crèches, social coverage, flexibility, soft mobility, etc.)
· Contribute to R&D topics or participate in internal projects
· Be part of a friendly team that will make work rhyme with pleasure!
So want to expand the frame? Contact us to talk about it