Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Space/Satellite (Remote)

Aversan Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aversan Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software for spacecraft and ground systems.

This role offers remote work with a Toronto-based team and focuses on safety-critical aerospace software. You will work with C++ on embedded Linux, build with Yocto, develop drivers, and contribute to tests and documentation, guiding junior engineers and shaping software architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including system design, debugging, testing, performance analysis, and maintainable code.
• Strong proficiency in C++ for embedded systems with concurrency, interrupt handling, memory-mapped peripherals, and hardware interfaces like SPI, Serial, I2C, UART.
• Experience developing software for embedded Linux including build systems such as Yocto.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for spacecraft and ground-based systems.
• 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.

Skills

C++ for embedded systems

Embedded Linux

Kernel modules

Device drivers

Hardware interfaces

Debugging

Performance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Yocto

Job description

Aversan Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software for spacecraft and ground systems.

This role offers remote work with a Toronto-based team and focuses on safety-critical aerospace software. You will work with C++ on embedded Linux, build with Yocto, develop drivers, and contribute to tests and documentation, guiding junior engineers and shaping software architecture.