Updated July 5, 2026

27 open positions

Embedded Systems Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 27+ embedded systems jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 7 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, CHAOS Industries, and Cobham Ultra.

Jobs

New This Week

10+

Companies

Updated Daily

Member of Technical Staff - Edge Inference Engineer

10d

Liquid AI

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Lead Software Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Cybersecurity Engineer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

OnsitePasadena, USA

68 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate, FPGA / ASIC Verification Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCincinnati, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

C++ Developer - Robotics

Meritis

OnsiteMontpellier, France

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr. Integration & Test Engineer - Effector Systems

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Lead (Expert) Integration Engineer: Anti-Tamper

12d

Boeing

OnsiteOklahoma City, USA

78 · Great9 day fortnight

Electrical Engineer III

Samsara

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Industrial Software Development Manager

1mo

Thales

HybridSingapore, Singapore

74 · Great4 day week80% pay

Principal Computer Vision Researcher - Advanced Technology Group

1mo

Dolby

HybridSunnyvale, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight$239k - $293k

Embedded Software / Firmware Engineer

13d

Cobham Ultra

HybridFarnborough, UK

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Principal Systems Engineer

20d

Cobham Ultra

HybridMaidenhead, UK

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Embedded RUST Software Engineer

20d

Cobham Ultra

HybridTampa, USA

69 · Good9 day fortnight

Lead Embedded Developer

11d

Geotab

HybridOakville, Canada

60 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Software Engineer

11d

Volvo Cars

HybridGothenburg, Sweden

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior FPGA Engineer

12d

OnsiteAlbuquerque, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Embedded Developer

29d

Geotab

HybridMadrid, Spain

60 · Good5 day weekVery Flexible

Software Engineer - AndroidTV Platform

20d

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Software Engineer 5 - Foundation Tech & Embedded Graphics

20d

Netflix

HybridLos Gatos, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sensing Systems Engineer

1mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco or Bellevue

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Embedded ML Engineer – Gesture Recognition

1mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco or Bellevue

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Test Automation Software Engineer

16d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Integration & Test Engineer - Effector Systems

16d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Specialist, Software Engineering - Real-time Embedded & Client/Server

1mo

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteYorba Linda, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Control Systems Engineer

26d

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Embedded CUDA Software Engineer

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteHawthorne, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Every role is a genuine reduced-hours position, manually curated and refreshed daily. How we curate

Got questions?

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Embedded Systems on this page include L3Harris Technologies, CHAOS Industries, and Cobham Ultra. Embedded Systems roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Embedded Systems is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Embedded Systems roles span the full seniority range — we list 28 open roles requiring Embedded Systems across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Embedded Systems hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Embedded Systems roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Embedded Systems candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Embedded Systems on current listings.