Embedded software engineer

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most.

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for more than 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical.

The Engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.

Job Description

Timeframe: June 1 – August 21, 2026 and able to work in a hybrid work environment.

THE ROLE

As an Embedded Software Intern at Bose, you will be developing embedded software to bring our next generation of products to life. You will work collaboratively with a group of extraordinary engineers to design and implement audio software that puts the wow into our products.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement and debug embedded platform software on a variety of target processors for new platforms/products that include technologies like Bluetooth, Active Noise Reduction, and Multithreading principles.

Design modular software that is maintainable, scalable, and reusable across Bose's product lines Analyze sophisticated technical problems and propose design of comprehensive solutions. Contribute to all phases of the product software lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, automated test, release, support, and documentation.

Enhance processes and DevOps to improve quality and increase efficiency by focusing on continuous improvement.

Requirements

Experience with C++ in an embedded environment

Experience with cross-compilation on both windows and linux development environments, using make, cmake, or similar compilation systems.

Familiarity with conan a plus.

Experience developing software for any target, including RTOS, Linux or other embedded platforms.

Experience writing unit-tests using a relevant test framework such as cpp-unit, UnitTest++, or GTest.

Experience implementing writing and debugging multi-threaded real-time embedded software in a resource constrained RTOS.

Experience developing API's / micro-services is a plus.

Experience with one or more scripting languages such as python is a plus.

Experience with common protocols such as I2C, I2S/TDM or SPI is a plus

Experience with network socket programming

Experience performing real-time processing including audio, video, or related data-streams is a plus

Experience bringing up and debugging hardware using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, protocol sniffers etc. is a plus

Knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills

Proven track record to work on teams.

A strong desire to learn from and help others.

Strong spoken and written communication skills

Pursuing a BSEE/BSCS/BSCE/BSSE/MSCS/MSEE

Must be available summer 2026 (June-August) to work full-time, hybrid in Framingham office.

Bose is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. The EEOC’s “Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal” Poster is available here: Bose is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Please include "Application Accommodation Request" in the subject of the email.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.