Senior Firmware Engineer- Terawave Verified today
About the role
You will develop low-level firmware for the Digital Beamforming (DBF) ASICs in the TeraWave system. TeraWave is a revolutionary satellite communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth, using optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO).
What you will do
- Develop ROM code and runtime firmware for Digital Beamforming (DBF) ASICs
- Develop and support firmware for beam pointing, analog calibration, FEIC management, SerDes link management, secure boot, telemetry, and sideband control of DBF ASICs
- Work closely with hardware and communications systems engineers to define and implement firmware and hardware interfaces
- Support pre-silicon firmware development, integration, and validation
- Support post-silicon bring-up, debugging, and validation of custom DBF ASICs
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 10+ years of experience in firmware development
- Experience developing software in C
- Experience writing software that directly controls hardware, such as firmware, kernel device drivers, or low-level embedded code
- Experience debugging and validating embedded firmware and hardware/software interactions
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with RF and communications concepts such as OFDM, digital beamforming, phased antenna arrays, and 3GPP specifications
- Experience leading and mentoring other engineers
- Experience with RTOSes and hard real-time constraints, such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr
- Experience with Cortex-M ISA
- Experience working with DSP accelerators
- Experience with Rust, especially no-std Rust
- Experience with CI flows and automated hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
- Understanding of board-level hardware design, including the ability to work with schematics and data sheets
- Experience testing firmware using pre-silicon simulation and emulation platforms such as QEMU, Palladium, or ZeBu
- Experience with bring-up of custom silicon
Compensation and location
Base pay range for CA and WA applicants: $230,398.00 - $322,556.85. Other site ranges may differ.
Relocation provided. Interviews will include a technical assessment.
What we offer
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid time off: up to 4 weeks per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Bonuses based on role type and job level (not guaranteed, subject to change)
Requirements
Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Blue's Standard Background Check is required for all positions.