Senior Embedded Engineer

Join us at Nayax, a global fintech leader (NASDAQ; TASE: NYAX) revolutionizing the world of cashless payments, consumer engagement, and business management solutions. With more than 1,200 employees across 12 offices worldwide. At Nayax, you’ll be part of a diverse and innovative community where your work makes a real impact and helps shape the future of payments.

We are currently looking for a full-time Senior Embedded Engineer role on-site work in Schenectady, NY.

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer is a role for experienced professionals seeking to advance Lynkwell’s solutions to energy management for the world’s most pressing needs, including fleet vehicle electrification and public EV charging networks. Within this role, candidates receive guidance from senior engineers on architecture, design, and process goals. Candidates will work alongside other cross-functional engineers on 1- to 6-month development efforts. They will also take an active role in continuous improvement and serve as mentors to new hires.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with hardware engineering team to develop EV charging infrastructure hardware and software
• Integrate embedded peripherals with Linux/openWRT host
• Utilize wireless and wired communication protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet, Bluetooth, 802.11)
• Write reliable Python code for embedded systems
• Collaborate across diverse teams inside and outside of engineering
• Create test harnesses or apparatuses in support of hardware/firmware validation, such as for UL 1998 firmware testing.
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced team members.
• Speak about problems and solutions at various levels of detail, from deep dive conversations to architecture/design-level discussions.
• A positive attitude and good professional demeanor.
• Desire to work in-person within a hardware manufacturing facility near Schenectady, NY.
• Good task management skills.
• Good communication skills with non-engineering stakeholders, such as with customer support, product management, marketing, or sales groups.
• General electrical safety knowledge.

Compensation: 95,000-120,000 DOE plus benefits

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, or computer science from an accredited institution.
• 6 to 8 years of industry experience within a cross-disciplinary team.
•  Industry experience within an embedded software or firmware context.
•  Common continuous improvement strategies.
• Scrum, Kanban, and the full SDLC.
• Object-oriented application development within one or all the following programming languages: C, C++, Python.
• Scripting language experience within Linux operating systems, such as bash.
• Embedded software development involving one or more of the following technologies: I2C, SPI, MQTT, Cellular Modems, UART, embedded microcontrollers, embedded Linux, bare-metal development.

Lynkwell is creating an integrated energy ecosystem that not only allows stakeholders to participate in the clean energy revolution but to thrive in it. Lynkwell is the entry point to mobility and energy management for businesses, fleets, partners, utilities, and drivers alike.

Lynkwell was acquired by Nayax (NASDAQ NYAX) in 2025 and has been merged into the company's product portfolio.

Nayax Founded in 2005, Nayax provides an end-to-end platform for payments, empowers businesses to grow revenue, reduce operational costs, and deliver seamless commerce experiences. Our customer-first mindset and commitment to in-house innovation have positioned us at the forefront of the cashless payment revolution, serving the unattended and retail sectors around the world.

We support over 80 payment methods in 60+ currencies, hold a European payment institution license, and have formed strategic partnerships with global financial institutions to deliver powerful, scalable solutions.

With more than 1,200 employees across 12 global offices, Nayax operates in 120+ countries. Our global headquarters in Herzliya Hills, Israel, is our largest site, housing over 600 employees across 20+ departments.

At Nayax, we believe in creating long-term impact through loyalty tools, omnichannel solutions, and an agile ecosystem of value-added services. We're proud to support businesses in reaching new heights and we're always looking for innovative, passionate individuals to join us.