22h ago

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

El Segundo, California, United States

$160k-$200k / year

full-timesenioraerospace

๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll join a small, high-performing team owning the embedded microcontrollers across satellite bus, capsule, and payload subsystems. Your work directly shapes spacecraft flight behavior and scales from single missions to a production fleet. You'll contribute to spacecraft avionics from concept through flight certification and write modern C++ firmware for safety-critical systems.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Develop real-time embedded firmware for safety-critical systems.
  • Bring up new boards and write low-level peripheral drivers.
  • Validate software using hardware-in-the-loop integration tests.
  • Support mission operations campaigns end-to-end in flight.

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 5+ years developing real-time embedded software.
  • Strong proficiency in C++ for embedded systems.
  • Experience developing firmware for ARM microcontrollers.
  • Hands-on experience bringing up hardware and writing low-level drivers.

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with embedded Linux and real-time systems.
  • Background in safety-critical or high-reliability embedded systems.
  • Experience with hardware-in-the-loop test setups.

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Unlimited PTO
  • ๐Ÿฅ Health insurance including Vision and Dental
  • ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Lunch and snacks provided on site daily
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Equity in a fully funded space startup
  • ๐Ÿ‘ถ Maternity/Paternity leave

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-3 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3On-site Interviewยท 3 hours
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