Embedded Systems Experts
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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used Embedded Systems
Valerii S.
Last position:
Freelance Software Engineer & Systems Architect at Early-Stage.dev
- IONOS Managed K8s Service: Engineered core K8s Operators and Auth architecture (Golang, OpenAPI, Postgres).
- IONOS Data Export Service: Built logging webservices and GitOps CI/CD pipelines (Golang, Loki, S3, ArgoCD).
- Pharma Cloud Migration: Modernized legacy on-premise software (Golang, OpenAPI, MongoDB, TypeScript).
- Greenfield ERP System: Engineered robust backend using augmented coding (Golang, GraphQL, Ent, Postgres).
- National Public Television: Delivered backend analysis and RESTful implementation (Golang, Postgres).
- Industrial Manufacturer R&D: Optimized QA and executed IoT refactoring (Golang, InfluxDB, MQTT).
- Recipe & Cooking App: Managed backend bugfixing and infrastructure adjustments (Golang, AWS EC2, Terraform).
André G.
Last position:
Financial Reporting Consultant at Client anonymized (services sector)
Financial reporting as an MVP. Follow-up assignment.
- Reports on profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow
- Budget and personnel metrics (FTE)
- Implementation as an MVP with a fixed scope
Mareen L.
Last position:
Freelance Tech Recruiter at langecareers
- End-to-end hiring for IT and cross-functional roles: Product Owner, IT project leads, IT executives, SAP/ERP, system administration, business analysis, IT consultants, IT sales, Embedded Software Engineers
- Structured briefings with hiring teams and fit checks before the first interview
- Direct outreach to passive candidates via LinkedIn
Markus R.
Last position:
Founding at Redelstab Advisory
- Restructuring & interim management: Leading and stabilizing R&D organizations during periods of change and growth, particularly during strategic realignment, M&A or to bridge leadership vacancies
- R&D operating models: Assessing and redesigning devel...
Muhammad A.
Last position:
Working Student QA and Automation at Ottonova
- Designed and implemented automated end-to-end tests using Cypress for multiple insurance web applications and mobile app, improving regression coverage by ~70% and reducing manual testing effort.
- Automated critical user journeys and API validations, ensuring stable releases across frequent deployments.
- Integrated automated tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, enabling early feedback and faster release cycles.
- Continuously improved existing test suites by refactoring flaky tests and applying best practices, increasing test reliability and execution stability.
- Created and maintained test cases, test data, and test reports, improving transparency and traceability for stakeholders.
- Collaborated closely with developers, product owners, and QA colleagues from planning to release, identifying issues early and preventing production defects.
Eric K.
Last position:
Digital roadside assistance platform at SABK
Muhammad A.
Last position:
Technical Product Owner (Engineering Consultant) at Pixida GmbH
- Owned requirements management for a connected mobile app integrating live vehicle hardware and embedded systems, from analysis through implementation (Requirements Management). App has grown to 500,000+ Google Play downloads and 5,800+ App Store ratings (4.4/5), ranking #170 in Germany's Navigation category.
- Steered digitalization and process optimization projects, coordinating between specialist departments, development teams, and external partners.
- Formulated requirements as user stories and acceptance criteria, accompanying implementation through testing and release.
- Applied genuine, practical AI Fluency to identify automation opportunities and accelerate delivery work. Applied SAFe and PRINCE2 methodologies; earned SAFe® 6 POPM and PRINCE2® Foundation certifications while in this role. Certified in Anthropic's AI Fluency framework.
Andreas W.
Last position:
Self-employed Software Developer at amw-software.net
Eduard H.
Last position:
Founder & Technical Lead | Enterprise Data Quality API at ADDRESSA
Built and scaled a high-performance enterprise API for real-time address validation and data quality with sub-second latency and 99.9 % availability.
Designed and integrated the solution into e-commerce, checkout, and logistics processes of leading European companies. Reduced delivery errors and shipping costs through automated data correction and precise data validation.
End-to-end responsibility for product strategy, technical architecture, software development, enterprise customers, operations, and GDPR-compliant data processing. Combined AI-native engineering workflows, Python, SQL, API integration, data quality, and workflow automation.
Abdul W.
Last position:
DevOps Engineer at Xceeds
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.
- Develop and maintain Docker images for various applications and services.
- Manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, ensuring efficient resource utilization and scalability.
- Monitor and troubleshoot system performance issues, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.
- Collaborate with development teams to understand application requirements and provide infrastructure solutions.
- Implement security best practices for infrastructure, applications, and data.
- Maintain and improve system documentation, procedures, and processes.
- Provide support and mentorship to team members on best practices for cloud infrastructure and containerization.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices in cloud computing, containerization, and Dev Ops.
Volker F.
Last position:
Technical Lead | Software Architect | Embedded Software Engineer at Hydac
- Development of safety-related embedded software for a mobile machine on a Hydac TTC 2390 controller.
- Implementation in C with consideration of SIL 3 / ASIL D and MISRA-C:2025.
- Implementation of communication via CAN, CANopen, and J1939.
Standards, guidelines and norms: ISO 26262, IEC 61508, MISRA-C:2025
Technologies: C99, Hydac TTC 2390, Infineon TriCore Aurix TC397, Hightec C/C++ Compiler, PC-lint Plus, CAN, CANopen, J1939, MISRA-C:2025
Baris E.
Last position:
Founder / Product & Security Architect at Pirpirik
- Perform secure code reviews and provide secure-coding guidance across the application and platform architecture.
- Engineer infrastructure security and design security-monitoring architecture, incident-response playbooks and Security-by-Design controls.
Klajdo F.
Last position:
Independent Product Developer / Software Architect at rastr.eu
- Architected and deployed a live B2B geocoding and demographic-data platform for Germany, combining address lookup with census-based population statistics through a web application and REST API.
Isabel R.
Last position:
CRM Project Manager at Markant International Services GmbH
Project: Introduction & further development of CRM system PISA / Microsoft Dynamics 365 (01/2023 – present)
- Project management of the migration from PISA CRM to Dynamics 365 for 14 country companies and about 600 users
- Coordination of CRM changes across Europe, including management of 4 developers (2 internal, 2 external) and maintenance of the interface to Microsoft Dynamics
- Central contact person between business, development, architecture, and external partners
- Requirements analysis, creation of epics & user stories, and maintenance of the product backlog
- Responsibility for technical support (1st–3rd level), training, and first-level customizing in PISA CRM
- Responsibility for the digital delivery of rollouts and further development of PISA CRM across Europe - including customer-focused modules such as login processes and data management
- End-to-end responsibility for the interface architecture between PISA CRM and Microsoft Dynamics - from technical concept to live implementation
- Creation and prioritization of epics and user stories based on business requirements
- Carrying out technical configurations (first-level customizing) in PISA CRM and maintaining the XML-based document generator
Nazif K.
Last position:
Self Employed at Self Employed
Providing services to cover the complete electronic product design process.
- Requirement validation
- Creating / re-writing / breaking down requirements
- Requirement analysis and functional partitioning
- Component selection and risk assessment
- Component library management
- Schematics design
- Safety and reliability assessment
- HDI PCB design
- Design review against requirements
- Readiness for manufacturing review
- Readiness for testing review
- Readiness for verification review
High Power Density BLDC Driver Module with MCU as controller:
- PCB module with heatsink
- L47mm x W36mm x H19mm compact sizes
- Nominal input voltage: 48V
- Sinusoidal continuous RMS current: 50A
- STO, Digital input and outputs
- Analog signal inputs
- CANBUS interface
- RS232/RS485 interface
- Multilayer FR4 design (No aluminum PCB)
Integrated Mission Computer & Smart 5kW PDU
- Featuring 3 different current limits, in total 63 power outputs
- Featuring programmable current amplitude and on-time, in total 84 CC power outputs.
- Ethernet, CANBUS, MIL-BUS, RS485 communication interfaces
- In total 120 Open-Short, Open-GND, 28V-GND types discrete I/O interfaces
- BIT and CIT solutions to monitor output voltage, current and board temperature
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Statistics of experts using Embedded Systems
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
95%
Master's degree or higher
68%
Doctorate
12%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
99%
Based on our profile pool as of 6 Nov 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts using Embedded Systems
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 6 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Embedded Systems experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (74%)
- Manufacturing (72%)
- Automotive (69%)
- Healthcare (38%)
- Education (34%)
- Telecommunication (30%)
- Energy (28%)
- Aerospace and Defense (23%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Embedded Systems Covers
Embedded Systems are computing systems built into products to control a specific function. They combine hardware, firmware, sensors, communication interfaces and software that must operate within strict limits for power, memory, timing and cost. The work spans small microcontroller devices, industrial controllers and connected products.
Products and Systems
Embedded technology runs inside equipment that must respond reliably in real time or near real time. Common outcomes include:
- Motor, power and motion control units
- Medical, automotive and industrial devices
- IoT sensors, gateways and connected appliances
- Robotics, instrumentation and safety systems
Ecosystem and Tooling
The ecosystem includes ARM-based microcontrollers, embedded Linux, RTOS platforms such as FreeRTOS and Zephyr, and vendor environments from STMicroelectronics, NXP, Texas Instruments and Nordic Semiconductor. Specialists work with C and C++, hardware abstraction layers, device drivers, bootloaders, communication protocols and tools for tracing, debugging and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
When Companies Need Specialists
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a prototype must become a stable product, an existing firmware base needs modernisation, or a hardware change affects the software stack. Outside specialists also help with difficult board bring-up, performance bottlenecks, connectivity, certification preparation and production defects. The right professional can shorten risk-heavy phases without taking ownership away from the internal team.
Signs of Strong Expertise
Strong professionals connect software decisions to electrical and product constraints. Look for evidence of:
- Bringing up boards and diagnosing faults with lab equipment
- Writing deterministic, testable firmware for resource-limited devices
- Integrating buses such as CAN, SPI, I2C, UART and Ethernet
- Designing secure updates, boot flows and failure recovery
- Automating builds, testing and release traceability
Delivery and Collaboration
Embedded work needs clear interfaces between electronics, firmware, mechanics, cloud services and manufacturing. Remote collaboration works well for architecture, code review, simulation and automated testing, while board bring-up and lab validation may require access to local hardware. Before hiring, define the target board, operating constraints, test equipment, release stage and ownership of source code and documentation.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Embedded Systems.
Embedded Systems control dedicated functions inside products rather than serving as general-purpose computers. They are used in vehicles, medical equipment, factory machinery, appliances, robotics, energy systems and connected sensors.
Embedded Systems can offer tighter control over memory, power, timing, size and hardware integration. PLCs are often preferred for standardised industrial control and maintainability, while general-purpose computers suit richer applications that need broader operating-system support.
A strong Embedded Systems specialist often understands circuit diagrams, board bring-up, electronics debugging, signal interfaces and manufacturing constraints. Useful software skills include C or C++, embedded Linux, RTOS concepts, automated testing, version control and secure device updates.
The required experience depends on the risk and stage of the product, not just its feature list. A simple firmware change may need focused knowledge of one board, while safety-related control, wireless products or a new hardware platform call for proven work across architecture, testing and validation.
Embedded Systems work can be remote when the specialist has access to development hardware, simulators, logs and test results. Board bring-up, lab measurements, production-line support and hardware failures may require on-site collaboration or a reliable process for shipping and sharing devices.
For Embedded Systems, include the target processor or board, peripherals, operating environment, communication protocols, power limits and product stage. Also state the expected deliverables, test setup, regulatory context, documentation needs and how the specialist will access hardware.
Review how the Embedded Systems specialist explains trade-offs, failure handling and test coverage, not only whether a demonstration works. Ask for examples of reproducible builds, hardware debugging, code reviews, automated tests, documentation and release processes, while respecting confidentiality.
In Embedded Systems, firmware connects the processor and peripherals to the product's required behaviour. It manages timing, inputs, outputs, communication, power states and recovery, and may run directly on a microcontroller or under an RTOS such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Embedded Systems in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 730 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Embedded Systems in their recent projects, 95% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 68% hold at least a Master's degree, and 12% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Embedded Systems in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Embedded Systems in their recent projects are German (98%), English (98%), and French (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Embedded Systems in their recent projects are Information Technology (74%), Manufacturing (72%), and Automotive (69%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Embedded Systems in their recent projects are Product Development (97%), Information Technology (91%), and Quality Assurance (76%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Embedded Systems
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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Nuremberg In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Vienna Graz Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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