Staff Embedded Software Engineer Verified today
CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We seek a highly skilled and experienced Staff Embedded Software Engineer to join our software team as the organization's technical authority for embedded software engineering.
Role
In this position, you will define embedded software architectures, advance engineering methodologies, and solve the organization's most complex software and hardware integration challenges. This role shapes the technical direction of multiple products and programs while driving the development of next-generation embedded software technologies.
You will work cross-functionally with software, electrical, systems, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams, advising leadership, customers, and engineering organizations while advancing technical excellence and organizational capability.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement software for embedded devices and systems, from requirements to production and commercial deployment
- Design, develop, code, test, debug and document system software
- Review code and system designs
- Analyze code for efficiency, stability and scalability
- Integrate and validate new product designs
- Support software quality assurance and optimize I/O performance
- Provide post-production and in-orbit customer support
- Interface with hardware design and development engineers
- Assess third party and open source software
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering
- Minimum 8 years of industry experience in software development
- Hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded hardware
- API design for interfacing with FPGAs
- Extensive programming experience in C and an object oriented programming language, preferably C++
- Experience in embedded systems design with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems (real-time Linux experience desirable)
- Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review
- Excellent knowledge of real-time system coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces, and hardware subsystems
- Excellent understanding of multi-threaded applications and resource management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Experience
- Experience with products for aerospace applications
- Knowledge of reading electronics schematics and component data sheets
- Experience with ARM processors and fully-featured microcontrollers
- Experience in design and development of a Software Development Kit (SDK)
Benefits
Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.