Embedded Software Engineer
Job Description
July, 2026
Embedded Software Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA | Full-Time | On-site
About Us
Shelfmark is the quality control platform that lets manufacturers catch defects the moment they happen. Our systems pair high-resolution line scan cameras with embedded software and machine learning to inspect products as they move down the line - flagging flaws in real time, at production speed, so our customers ship quality with confidence instead of relying on slow, manual spot checks.
As an Embedded Software Engineer, you'll work on the software that makes that edge hardware run - enhancing the camera service that captures imagery, the inference serving layer and the data pipelines that get data off the line and into our platform. You'll be improving systems that are already in production at customer sites, making them faster, more reliable, and easier to deploy and maintain across our growing fleet. This role is mostly in-office with roughly 2 days a month on-client site.
What You'll Do
Enhance and maintain the camera service that captures and handles high-throughput imagery from line scan cameras at the edge.
Improve the edge ML inference pipeline, optimizing latency, throughput, and reliability .
Build and harden data pipelines that move inspection results, images, and sensor data from edge hardware to the Shelfmark platform.
Improve reliability, observability, and recoverability of services running unattended on the factory floor.
Streamline deployment, configuration, and updates of software across a fleet of on-prem devices at customer sites.
Partner with ML engineers to integrate and accelerate models
Troubleshoot issues in the field - including during on-site visits - and feed what you learn back into more robust software.
What We’re Looking For
Experience building software for embedded or edge systems.
Proficiency in Python, and comfort with C++
Experience writing reliable, long-running services that operate unattended in production.
Familiarity with real-time or high-throughput data handling, and an instinct for performance and resource constraints.
Comfort working close to hardware - interfacing with cameras, devices, or sensors.
A pragmatic, field-aware mindset - you design for the messy realities of the factory, not just the office.
Willingness to travel on-site roughly once per month.
Bonus: experience with machine vision, industrial systems, fleet deployment, distributed systems or model inference at the edge.
Compensation: Embedded software engineer will receive a competitive salary and healthcare benefits package, and would be considered for early employee equity compensation.
Location: The ideal candidate would be located in Pittsburgh, PA and willing to co-locate in person in the company’s Uptown office.
