Technical Lead – Wireless MCU Software Ecosystem

Location: Meylan, France

Our Team:

At Semtech, our Wireless Applications team brings together passionate engineers focused on delivering industry-leading IoT solutions for the LPWAN market.

We work at the intersection of silicon, software, and systems to enable customers to build highly integrated, secure, and scalable connected products.

Job Summary:

The Technical Lead is responsible for defining and delivering the software architecture, SDK, IDE toolchain, and embedded ecosystem for Semtech’s next-generation wireless MCU-class SoCs.

This role provides technical ownership of a multi-year development initiative and leads a hybrid team of internal engineers and external development partners to deliver a production-ready developer platform aligned with product, customer, and market requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the architecture of the multi-core SDK, including HAL, IPC mechanisms, wireless protocol integration, and security frameworks (20%).
• Lead and mentor internal engineers and external partners, ensuring adherence to Semtech’s software development lifecycle, code quality standards, and design practices (25%).
• Drive technical decision-making across SDK development, connectivity stacks, secure boot/TrustZone integration, and developer tooling (20%).
• Act as the primary technical interface between Semtech R&D and external development partners, managing specifications, interfaces, and milestone reviews (15%).
• Collaborate with program management, marketing, and applications engineering to align SDK capabilities with product roadmaps and customer requirements (10%).
• Ensure software compliance with industry standards and certifications including PSA Level 3, SESIP3, EU Cyber Resilience Act, and radio regulatory requirements (10%).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in embedded software, system engineering, or SoC development with progression into technical leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of SoC architectures, ARM Cortex-M/DSP cores, and system-level hardware/software integration.
• Experience leading engineering teams and coordinating complex multi-stakeholder development programs.
• Strong technical communication skills and ability to align cross-functional engineering teams.
• Fluent professional English.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience defining SDKs, evaluation platforms, or customer-facing development environments.
• Familiarity with multi-core embedded architectures and inter-processor communication design.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, system validation, and transition to production.
• Knowledge of embedded toolchains, build systems, and developer experience best practices.
• Exposure to wireless connectivity technologies such as LoRaWAN, BLE, or IEEE 802.15.4.

Career Growth Philosophy:

At Semtech, we believe that innovation starts with people. We are committed to empowering professional development through mentorship, continuous learning resources, and a collaborative, idea-rich engineering environment.

Our pay-for-performance culture rewards initiative, encourages growth, and recognises meaningful technical and leadership contributions.

Engineers in this role are supported to expand their influence, deepen their expertise, and shape both their career progression and the future of Semtech’s digital engineering capabilities.

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