{"id":1758466,"url":"https://alion.io/job/softube-senior-hardware-developer","title":"Senior Hardware Developer","company":{"id":2224883,"name":"Softube","domain":"softube.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/softube","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"BambooHR","truth_index":null},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Linköping, Sweden"],"countries":["SE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":63000,"max_usd":144000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":1936},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-08T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-06-08","last_verified_at":"2026-11-13T01:05:36Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":158,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":157},"description":"Senior Hardware Developer\nJoin the Rock ‘n Roll Scientists at Softube in Linköping, Sweden and help us craft and tell the Softube story! Softube is a dynamic, fast-growing company on a mission-to find the best way to make music with a computer, using our scientific wizardry and our love for music. We are looking for an experienced and talented hardware developer that fits into that story and can help us succeed in our mission.\nPosition Details and Application\n\nThe position is full-time, on-site at the Softube headquarters in Linköping Sweden, and we would like to fill this position as soon as possible. International applicants currently based in Sweden are very welcome to apply for this role, many of our current employees are from other countries than Sweden, and English is spoken at the office.\nThe last day to apply for the position is June 22nd, 2026. However, we are applying continuous selection in this recruitment process, which means that we might complete the recruitment process before the set end date. If you are interested in this position - send us your application as soon as possible!\nDue to GDPR, we only accept applications via the link on our recruitment page. Contact  if you have any questions.\nA selected number of applicants will be called to an interview, those applicants will be contacted by email.\nJob Description\n\nThis position offers a unique opportunity to be in the forefront of bringing Softube’s new hardware-related product ideas into life. We are looking for someone with at least 10 years of experience within the field of hardware development with first-hand experience working with hardware production. The job means taking on a large part of the responsibility of the hardware development and an important part of the job is being the main point of contact for Softube when it comes to hardware-related questions both internally and externally. Other tasks include, among other things, embedded software development, EMC testing and evaluation, planning and leading PCB design, layout, and initial board bring-up for new hardware units and performing measurements on units and components using measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analysers. You would be responsible for the start of pre-production and mass production of new hardware units as well as new revisions of existing ones, on-site if needed. This means that the job involves travelling for parts of the year. As a person you should be technically skilled and talented, analytical and be able to cope with difficult problems both on your own and as part of a team. You also need to have a sense of “the big picture” and bring a long-term perspective to the development process.\nRequired Qualifications\n\nRelevant degree (for example a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering).\nAt least 10 years working with hardware development.\nFirst-hand experience of hardware production.\nVery good knowledge of electronics.\nGood knowledge of mechanics.\nGood knowledge of C.\nExperience working with embedded software development.\nGood understanding of different CPU architectures.\nEnglish language, both in text and speech.\nBonus Qualifications\n\nZephyr and/or similar real-time operating systems.\nArena PLM and/or similar PLM/PDM systems.\nPython.\nC++.\nGit.\nC#.\nDatabases and SQL.\nExperience working with large projects and/or codebases.\nKnowledge and experience of the music software industry (plug-ins, DAWs, etc.).\nAbout Softube\n\nSoftube was founded by Oscar Öberg in 2003 and consists today of over forty people, headquartered in Linköping, Sweden.\nSoftube develops both hardware and software for musicians, producers, and engineers, often in partnership with big-brand partners such as Marshall, Universal Audio, and Solid State Logic, with an intense focus on sound quality.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3812,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Sweden","iso":"SE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Audio Production","Music Industry","Audio & Music Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-03T11:50:43Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":9,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.328,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":157,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/softube-senior-hardware-developer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/softube-senior-hardware-developer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-13T05:18:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11222,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2224883},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2224883"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsoftube-senior-hardware-developer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsoftube-senior-hardware-developer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsoftube-senior-hardware-developer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/softube-senior-hardware-developer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsoftube-senior-hardware-developer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1758466}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"softube.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1758466},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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