Senior Embedded Software Designer

Go Fractional; Canada; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity plan

Health, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave

Company holidays shutdown

Relocation packages

Professional development fund

Toronto office kitchen

Town halls & company events

Great Place to Work

Job summary

Go Fractional is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer on a 6+ month contract, working on space and ground-based assets. You will design, develop, and maintain embedded software for satellites and related systems, contributing to reliable operation and security.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, review code, and help shape architecture while mentoring junior engineers. The role is remote with potential relocation and on-site Toronto options.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of embedded software development in high-reliability systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong C/C++ for embedded with hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN).
• Experience with embedded Linux or RTOS and Yocto/OpenEmbedded.
• Experience building kernel modules and drivers.
• Experience building automated tests and validation tools.
• Ability to collaborate across software, hardware and ops teams.
• Willingness to adopt AI-assisted engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain reliable embedded software for spacecraft and ground-based systems.
• Design and implement secure communication capabilities (encryption, authentication, key exchange).
• Develop low-level components including device drivers, kernel modules, hardware interfaces, services.
• Develop automated tests, validation tools, and technical documentation.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and design reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements and debug issues.
• Identify performance gaps and drive improvements across the software stack.
• Provide mentorship and engineering best-practices guidance.

Skills

C/C++ for embedded

Embedded Linux

RTOS environments

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

Kernel modules

Device drivers

Code testing

Git & code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

FreeRTOS

Device tree tooling

Job description

Senior Embedded Software Designer (6+ month Contract)

Canada / United States

Engineering - Software /

Full-time Contract /

Remote

* Competitive compensation with a robust equity plan to share in our success.

* Comprehensive coverage for health, dental, and vision insurance-including dependents.

* Unlimited vacation, supportive parental leave policy, and company-wide holiday shutdown.

* Semi-annual company-wide parties and frequent in-office team events.

* Relocation packages available for approved roles.

* $1,500 annual professional development fund to support your growth.

* Fully stocked Toronto office kitchen with snacks, drinks, games and top-notch kitchen appliances.

* Town Halls, Celebration Calls, and Company-wide events to stay connected and engaged.

* We’re a certified Great Place to Work, seven years in a row.

We're on the hunt for a top-tier Senior Embedded Software Engineer for a 6+ month contract. Your focus will be on software development and maintenance required for both space and ground-based assets for a growing fleet of spacecraft. You'll be relied upon for input and decisions that will directly impact design and operation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain reliable, high-quality embedded software for both spacecraft and ground-based systems supporting a growing fleet of satellites
• Design and implement secure communications capabilities, including encryption, authentication, and key exchange for next-generation data links
• Build and maintain low-level software components including device drivers, kernel modules, hardware interfaces, and platform services
• Develop automated tests, validation tools, and technical documentation to support robust software delivery and long-term maintainability
• Participate in software architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews to ensure software quality and system reliability
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define system requirements, debug complex issues, and evolve system architecture
• Identify performance gaps, reliability risks, and architectural shortcomings in existing systems, and drive improvements across the software stack
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers while contributing to engineering best practices and development standards

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience developing embedded software for complex, high-reliability systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, debugging, testing, performance analysis, and maintainable code development
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems, including concurrency, interrupt handling, memory-mapped peripherals, and hardware communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN
• Experience developing software for embedded Linux and/or RTOS environments, including familiarity with build systems such as Yocto/OpenEmbedded and operating systems such as FreeRTOS
• Experience developing low-level embedded Linux components including kernel modules, device drivers, and device tree integrations
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks, validation tooling, or hardware/software integration test environments
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across software, hardware, and operations teams
• Proficiency with modern software development workflows and tools, including Git-based version control and code review practices
• Demonstrates a willingness to adopt and effectively utilize AI-assisted engineering tools, applying sound judgment to improve productivity, quality, and innovation while continuously adapting to evolving technologies

Bonus Points:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Experience developing software for aerospace applications
• Experience implementing embedded security solutions such as secure boot, hardware security modules (HSMs), certificate/key management, authentication, or encrypted communications
• Familiarity with Linux networking concepts and infrastructure, including routing, interfaces, netlink, or packet-processing pipelines
• Experience developing multi-stage bootloaders
• Strong knowledge of computer networking and modern networking protocols
• Experience with RTL (Verilog and/or VHDL) and embedded SoCs