Senior Embedded Software Designer (6+ month Contract)

LinuxCareers; Toronto; Sur place; CAD 96 000 - 138 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave policy

Relocation packages

Professional development fund

Résumé du poste

Kepler Communications is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for a 6+ month contract to develop and maintain reliable embedded software for spacecraft and ground systems supporting a growing satellite fleet.

Your work will focus on high-reliability embedded Linux/RTOS environments, low-level components, and secure communications, with opportunities for technical leadership and mentorship of junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in embedded software for high-reliability systems.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent.
• Strong fundamentals: design, debugging, testing, performance analysis, maintainable code.
• Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems with hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN).
• Experience with embedded Linux and/or RTOS (Yocto/OpenEmbedded, FreeRTOS).
• Experience developing kernel modules, device drivers, and device tree integrations.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for spacecraft and ground systems.
• Develop secure comms: encryption, authentication, key exchange for data links.
• Build low-level components: drivers, kernel modules, hardware interfaces.
• Create automated tests, validation tools, and documentation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship in reviews and architecture discussions.

Connaissances

C/C++

Embedded systems

Linux/RTOS

Git

System design

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering

Outils

Yocto/OpenEmbedded

FreeRTOS

Description du poste

Kepler Communications operates a commercial optical data relay constellation of 33+ satellites providing on-orbit connectivity. This role is a 6+ month contract for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer focused on developing and maintaining reliable embedded software for both spacecraft and ground-based systems supporting a growing fleet of satellites.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain reliable, high-quality embedded software for spacecraft and ground-based systems supporting a growing satellite fleet
• 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; provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers

What You Need

• 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 (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN)
• Experience developing software for embedded Linux and/or RTOS environments, including familiarity with Yocto/OpenEmbedded and FreeRTOS
• Experience developing low-level embedded Linux components including kernel modules, device drivers, and device tree integrations
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills; proficiency with Git-based version control and code review practices

Nice to Have

• 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, HSMs, certificate/key management, and encrypted communications
• Familiarity with Linux networking concepts including routing, interfaces, netlink, and 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

Competitive compensation with a robust equity plan. Health, dental, and vision insurance including dependents. Unlimited vacation, supportive parental leave policy, company-wide holiday shutdown, semi-annual company-wide parties, frequent in-office team events, relocation packages available, $1,500 annual professional development fund.