Staff Embedded Software Engineer

About the role

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Embedded Software Engineer to join our software team.

In this position, you will be the organization's technical authority for embedded software engineering, responsible for defining embedded software architectures, advancing engineering methodologies, and solving 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.

Working cross-functionally with software, electrical, systems, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams, this role advises leadership, customers, and engineering organizations while advancing technical excellence and organizational capability.

JOB DUTIES AND 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/in-orbit customer support.

- Interface with hardware design and development engineers.

- Assess third party and open source software.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.

- Minimum of 8 years of industry experience in software development.

- Experience in 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 (experience with real-time Linux is desirable).