Senior Embedded Software Engineer

This is a 12 plus month contract in San Diego, CA

YOU MUST HAVE OR BE ABLE TO GET A US SECURITY CLEARANCE!

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer , you will design and develop advanced embedded software solutions that power satellite avionics and payload data processing systems. You'll work at the intersection of software, hardware, and FPGA engineering to create rugged, reliable, and Low-Size, Weight, and Power (Low-SWaP) products for demanding aerospace applications. From low-level drivers and real-time operating systems to secure communications and multi-core processing, you'll solve complex technical challenges while mentoring junior engineers and helping advance software development practices across the team.

Designs Embedded Software: Develops advanced embedded software for multi-core processors integrated with FPGAs, supporting satellite avionics, payload processing, system monitoring, and power management applications.

Develops Low-Level Software: Designs and implements C/C++ software, device drivers, and system-level applications for ARM Cortex and RISC-V processor architectures.

Builds Embedded Linux Systems: Configures and customizes Linux kernels, system settings, and bootloaders such as U-Boot and GRUB to support specialized aerospace hardware platforms.

Implements Real-Time Solutions: Develops software for RTOS-based systems while addressing real-time constraints, performance requirements, and mission-critical system behaviors.

Integrates Communications Interfaces: Develops and integrates software supporting SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, PCI, PCIe, Ethernet, and SpaceWire interfaces across complex embedded platforms.

Secures Embedded Systems: Implements networking and security protocols including IP, TLS, and IPsec while applying cryptographic technologies such as AES, RSA, ECDSA, and ECDH to protect mission-critical communications.

Leads Software Development: Leads the development, integration, and testing of reusable, high-quality embedded software modules that can support multiple products and programs.

Translates System Requirements: Converts complex system and customer requirements into robust software architectures and designs that meet technical, performance, and reliability objectives.

Integrates Hardware & Software: Works closely with Hardware and FPGA Engineering teams to integrate, debug, and validate software on target hardware platforms.

Manages Software Releases: Tracks features, defects, and releases through formal software configuration management and release processes to maintain product traceability and quality.

Drives Continuous Improvement: Contributes to development standards, engineering best practices, and team workflows that improve software quality, efficiency, and maintainability.

Mentors Engineering Talent: Provides technical mentorship to junior engineers through design reviews, code walkthroughs, troubleshooting support, and day-to-day technical guidance.

Embedded Software Development: Advanced C/C++ development with extensive experience designing low-level software, device drivers, and embedded applications for complex aerospace systems.

Embedded Linux & RTOS: Deep technical expertise with embedded Linux, kernel configuration, bootloaders, and real-time operating systems.

Systems Integration: Skilled at bridging software and hardware disciplines, interpreting schematics, debugging embedded platforms, and validating system-level performance.

Secure Communications: Strong understanding of networking, communications protocols, and cryptographic technologies used to build secure embedded systems.