Embedded Software Engineer, DSP

OceanComm

Chicago, IL · $90k–$150k a year · Posted September 25, 2026

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Pay compared with the market

This listing pays about $120,000 a year. Across 41 open embedded software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $119,500 to $180,000 and the median is $145,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 18% below the median.

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About the job

Underwater communication is one of the hardest wireless problems on Earth. Radio waves attenuate quickly underwater, so our systems use sound, much like whales and dolphins, to transmit high-bandwidth