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RTOS Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ rtos jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, Graphcore, and Arista Networks.

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9-day fortnights 10
flexible hours 2
unlimited PTO 7
best places to work 3

Updated August 23, 2026

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Staff Firmware Engineer

Samsara · Remote · California, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Camden, SC, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

NEW

AssetWatch · Hybrid · Columbus, OH, USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Embedded Software Engineer

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Eight Mile Plains, Australia

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Associate, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Salt Lake City, UT, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Embedded Software Engineer

AV · Onsite · Huntsville, AL, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$91k – $139k

Senior Flight Embedded Software Engineer

General Atomics · Onsite · Huntsville, AL, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Chief Software Architect

Cobham Ultra · Onsite · Maidenhead, England, UK

69 · Good9 Day Fortnight

C++ Software Engineer with Linux

Arista Networks · Onsite · Budapest, Hungary

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Principal Embedded Software Engineer

AV · Onsite · Moorpark, CA, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$147k – $224k

Embedded Flight Software Engineer

10d

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Centennial, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$108k – $180k

Senior Firmware Engineer

Graphcore · Onsite · Bristol, UK

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

C++ Software Engineer with Linux

10d

Arista Networks · Onsite · Budapest, Hungary

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Lead Developer, Embedded Engineering

1mo

Geotab · Hybrid · Oakville, ON or Waterloo, ON

61 · GoodFlexible Hours

Lead Embedded Software in the Loop Developer

2mo

Geotab · Hybrid · Oakville, ON, Canada

61 · GoodFlexible Hours

Embedded Software Engineer

2mo

Waabi · Hybrid · Toronto, ON +2 more

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$148k – $249k

Senior Software Engineering Manager - RTOS

15d

Latitude AI · Hybrid · Dearborn, MI +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Staff System Software Engineer

26d

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol, UK

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior System Software Engineer

1mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bengaluru, India

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior Embedded Software Engineer - RTOS

1mo

Latitude AI · Onsite · Dearborn, MI +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$179k – $269k

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Employers hiring for Rtos on this page include L3Harris Technologies, Graphcore, and Arista Networks. Rtos 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 Rtos is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Rtos roles span the full seniority range — we list 22 open roles requiring Rtos 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 — Rtos 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. Rtos 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 Rtos 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 Rtos on current listings.

RTOS Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 22+ rtos jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include L3Harris Technologies, Graphcore, and Arista Networks.

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