Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer
Company websitesilabs.com (Silicon Labs, opens in new tab)
Base salary $124,600 to $231,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Boston, MA
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- LocationBoston, MA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over 16 countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at www.silabs.com.
Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer
Boston, MA
In this role, you will help develop foundational embedded software that enables customers to build reliable, power-efficient wireless products on Silicon Labs devices. You will work on software that supports both proprietary and standards-based wireless systems, contributing to technology used across a broad range of IoT applications.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced embedded engineer who enjoys working close to the hardware, solving complex technical problems, and owning software from concept through release. While experience in wireless systems is a plus, we are also excited to hear from candidates with strong embedded systems fundamentals who want to grow deeper in wireless applications.
Meet the Team
The RAIL team develops the Radio Abstraction Interface Layer (RAIL), a common radio software platform that helps customers build wireless applications without needing to master device-specific radio details. Our work enables everything from low-power battery-operated devices to more complex multi-protocol systems.
As part of this team, you will collaborate closely with firmware, silicon, systems, and test engineers to deliver high-quality embedded software that helps customers build innovative connected products.
Responsibilities
As a Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer on the RAIL team, you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for Silicon Labs low-power wireless MCUs and SDKs
- Own software features from requirements and design through implementation, validation, release, and long-term support
- Build and enhance low-level firmware components such as device drivers, initialization and startup code, timing-sensitive system software, and radio control features
- Optimize software for performance, reliability, power efficiency, and memory/CPU utilization in real-time embedded environments
- Debug complex issues across software, firmware, hardware, and system boundaries using lab tools and debuggers
- Collaborate with hardware, silicon, systems, and product teams to define requirements, review designs, and support bring-up of new devices
- Contribute to automated test, validation, and development tooling to improve product quality and engineering efficiency
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions that raise engineering quality across the team
- Mentor and support other engineers through technical guidance, collaboration, and best practices
Skills You Will Need
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in embedded software or firmware development
- Strong programming skills in Embedded C and/or C++
- Experience developing software for microcontrollers in resource-constrained, real-time environments, including bare metal and/or RTOS-based systems
- Strong debugging skills at the hardware/software boundary, with hands-on experience using tools such as debuggers, JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers
- Experience working on low-level embedded software such as device drivers, interrupts, peripheral interfaces, timing-sensitive code, or memory-constrained systems
- Experience taking features from design through implementation, test, and release
- Experience with artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools and technologies used to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
The following qualifications will be considered as a plus:
- Experience with wireless or connectivity technologies such as Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi, or proprietary radio systems
- Experience with communication stacks, radio control software, PHY/MAC-related functionality, or other timing-critical embedded software
- Experience optimizing embedded systems for low power, performance, and reliability
- Experience with common embedded interfaces and peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, DMA, timers, and interrupts
- Experience with Python or similar scripting languages for tooling, automation, testing, or build workflows
- Experience with automated test, CI, validation frameworks, or hardware-in-the-loop test environments
- Experience with silicon bring-up, hardware validation, or close collaboration with chip or board design teams
- Experience with multi-core microcontrollers, concurrency, synchronization, or shared-resource challenges
- Familiarity with assembly on ARM, RISC-V, or similar MCU architectures
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar) to support prototyping, test development, debugging, automation, and documentation, with strong engineering judgment and validation practices
Why Join Silicon Labs
- Work on foundational wireless technology used across a wide range of IoT products
- Solve interesting technical problems at the intersection of embedded software, hardware, and wireless systems
- Collaborate with experienced engineers across firmware, silicon, systems, and test
- Make a direct impact on technology that helps customers bring connected products to market faster
- Continue growing your technical depth in embedded systems and wireless applications
Benefits & Perks
You can look forward to the following benefits:
- Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental & vision plans
- Flexible vacation plan.
- Highly competitive salary
- 401k plan with match and Roth plan option
- Equity rewards (RSUs)
- Life/AD&D and disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Adoption assistance
- Back-Up childcare
- Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)
- 3 paid volunteer days per year
- Charitable contribution match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Monthly wellness offerings
- Free snacks
- Monthly company updates with our CEO
# LI AA1
Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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How this pay compares
Base floor $124,600, above 19% of the 529 Software Engineering roles in Massachusetts on this site; the other 81% list the same floor or a higher one. The employer's range is $106,800 wide, 86% of the floor. Observed open for 4 days so far (since Nov 4, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 529 Software Engineering roles in Massachusetts listed on this site, the median base floor is $149,000 and the middle half runs from $130,000 to $172,000. This role's floor ($124,600) is above 19% of them.
Base floors of 529 Software Engineering roles in Massachusetts
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 20.6% | 109 |
| $125K to $150K | 30.1% | 159 |
| $150K to $175K | 26.1% | 138 |
| $175K to $200K | 14.7% | 78 |
| $200K to $225K | 6.6% | 35 |
| $225K to $250K | 1.5% | 8 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.2% | 1 |
| $275K and up | 0.2% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 529 open postings with this job family in Massachusetts
- Sample size
- 529
- Hidden when
- the cohort has fewer than 30 postings
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in Massachusetts vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering, Massachusetts | $149K | 529 |
| Software Engineering, all states | $160K | 12,914 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $124,600 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 529 in Massachusetts; 12914 nationwide
- Hidden when
- either cohort has fewer than 30 postings
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Silicon Labs pays
3 of Silicon Labs's 14 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 6 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $124,600; the middle half runs from $102,638 to $124,600.
Base floors of Silicon Labs's 14 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 78.6% | 11 |
| $125K to $150K | 7.1% | 1 |
| $150K to $175K | 7.1% | 1 |
| $175K to $200K | 7.1% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 14 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 14
- Hidden when
- this employer has fewer than 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Software Engineering roles in Massachusetts with the nearest published base floor to $124,600, one per employer.
- Database Engineer, AWS DMS AWS · base floor $124,700
- Lead QA Engineer, AI Automation Hasbro · base floor $124,800
- Senior Software Systems Engineer Axcelis · base floor $124,924
- Software Engineer Cyvl · base floor $125,000
- Senior Manufacturing Solutions Engineer Tulip Interfaces · base floor $125,000
This listingSenior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer$124,600 to $231,400
Senior Hardware Product Manager - IoT Wireless$124,600 to $231,400
Associate Staff Design Modeling Engineer$124,600 to $231,400
Associate Staff Analog Design Engineer$124,600 to $231,400
Senior Design Verification Engineer$124,600 to $231,400
Associate Staff Verification Engineer - Wireless$126K to $234K
Staff Field Applications Engineer$120,750 to $224,250
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior/ Associate Staff Wireless Embedded Software Engineer (this listing) | $124,600 - $231,400 |
| Senior Hardware Product Manager - IoT Wireless | $124,600 - $231,400 |
| Associate Staff Design Modeling Engineer | $124,600 - $231,400 |
| Associate Staff Analog Design Engineer | $124,600 - $231,400 |
| Senior Design Verification Engineer | $124,600 - $231,400 |
| Associate Staff Verification Engineer - Wireless | $126K - $234K |
| Staff Field Applications Engineer | $120,750 - $224,250 |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Stopped meeting the published-salary criteria
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-01
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Boston
The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $124,600 - $231,400 USD. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including
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- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
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What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.