Embedded Software Recruitment · Raleigh–Durham and the Research Triangle
Specialist recruitment for C and C++ software for connected, real-time and resource-constrained products. Led by an engineer who understands the engineering behind the hire.
RunTime clarifies the engineering requirements, searches for relevant candidates, assesses their technical experience and delivers a focused shortlist for an individual role or defined search.
Discuss a specialist hireLance can work inside your hiring operation, collaborating with engineering managers and using your ATS and company email where agreed. This recruitment delivery model can support wider engineering hiring alongside embedded software roles.
Discuss an embedded recruiterHow the Embedded Recruiter service works →Embedded Software recruitment specialisms
Embedded application architecture, low-level firmware and Linux platform work are related but not interchangeable. The product boundary and runtime environment define the search.
Production embedded code, interfaces and maintainable application design.
Modules, state, data flow, error handling and testability.
Threads, tasks, IPC, networking and device protocols.
Timing, memory, profiling and integration with hardware platforms.
For Raleigh–Durham employers
We clarify the runtime platform, application boundaries, communications, performance constraints, safety or reliability needs and the code the engineer will own.
Candidate discussions examine architectural decisions, concurrency, failure handling, performance trade-offs, interface ownership and evidence from shipped or validated systems.
RunTime searches and directly approaches engineers whose experience aligns with the brief, then presents a focused shortlist with evidence, gaps and practical details.
Founder-led technical recruitment
Before recruitment, Lance Harvie developed electronics and firmware for industrial equipment, gaming systems and telecommunications products. He later built decades of specialist recruitment experience.
That background informs the questions RunTime asks about ownership, engineering decisions and fault investigation. It does not replace the client’s detailed technical interview.
RunTime Recruitment has operated since 2019.
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Raleigh–Durham engineering context
Relevant local themes: cyber-physical systems, embedded control, robotics, medical devices.
Duke’s Cyber-Physical Systems Lab describes work where embedded systems, controls, formal methods, robotics and autonomy meet. Application areas include industrial automation, advanced manufacturing, medical devices and connected infrastructure.
That interdisciplinary setting is relevant to Research Triangle employers whose roles cross hardware, software and real-time system boundaries.
Sources: Duke Cyber-Physical Systems Lab.
For Embedded Software engineers
Share your resume and the type of work you want to do. Include your preferred working arrangement, location or relocation constraints, and the parts of the development lifecycle you have personally owned.
Submit your resumeFrequently asked questions
The boundary depends on the product. Embedded software often emphasizes application architecture and services, while firmware sits closer to hardware, startup, peripherals and real-time constraints.
Yes. RunTime documents the employer’s actual working arrangement and presents it clearly. Onsite, hybrid and remote preferences are not treated as interchangeable.
Relocation can form part of the search where the employer is open to it. Interest, timing and practical constraints are confirmed with each candidate. No relocation or work-authorisation outcome is assumed.
It is designed for a wider or recurring hiring plan where recruitment continuity matters. It is a delivery model, not a reference to embedded software engineering, and its agreed scope can support embedded software and related engineering roles.
Discuss your hiring plan
Tell us what you’re building, who you need and when you need them. Choose Specialist Recruitment for a specific hire or Embedded Recruiter support for a wider hiring plan.
Prefer email? webform@runtimerec.com
