Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Linux Verified today
About the Team
The Vehicle Software team develops the safety-critical software that runs on Terran R. The work spans a distributed, real-time control system operating under extreme conditions like Mach 5 atmospheric flight, with a deployment pace that allows you to see your code run on rocket engines daily. The team is building new system architecture from the ground up and testing, releasing, and deploying it.
About the Role
As a Senior Embedded Linux Software Engineer, you will be a key member of our embedded software team responsible for developing, testing, and documenting firmware deployed to all avionics boxes throughout our rocket vehicles.
You will:
- Develop embedded Linux software for network switch and camera platforms
- Create production-grade applications and system services for real-world devices deployed at scale
- Focus on integration of networking, video, and hardware interfaces
- Implement software that interacts directly with hardware peripherals, networking subsystems, and video pipelines running on embedded SoCs
- Lead system bring-up and platform integration efforts for new hardware
- Debug complex issues across the full stack from hardware and kernel to drivers and application layers
- Participate in validation and performance tuning
- Contribute to software architecture improvements and maintain high-performance, reliable code
- Support critical testing and troubleshooting activities in both lab and field environments
Required Experience
- 5+ years developing software for embedded systems
- Strong programming skills in C/C++
- Experience developing applications on embedded Linux platforms
- Experience debugging using tools such as gdb, strace, perf, tcpdump
- Familiarity with Linux networking and system programming
- Experience working with cross-compiled systems and build systems
- Strong debugging skills across hardware and software boundaries
Nice to Have
- Experience with camera pipelines, video processing, or multimedia frameworks
- Experience with network switching, routing, or networking protocols
- Familiarity with low-level embedded development (MCU, RTOS, or bare-metal)
- Experience with hardware bring-up and board support package
- Experience with Yocto or similar Linux build systems
- Experience developing or modifying Linux device drivers
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for embedded systems
Compensation
Hiring range: $154,000 to $230,000 USD. Compensation determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, generous PTO and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.