Embedded Linux Engineer — Yocto for Space Systems

Spire; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office three days a week

Job summary

Spire is seeking an experienced Embedded Linux/Software Engineer to join our Platform team responsible for spacecraft software. The role involves building and maintaining daemons for embedded systems, implementing cross-system interfaces, and integrating C libraries for hardware interfaces.

You will work closely with hardware engineers to ensure robust, fault-tolerant solutions and contribute to rapid design-to-launch cycles.

Qualifications

• Experience developing embedded Linux software for hardware systems.
• Familiarity with Yocto-based builds and kernel modules.
• Strong documentation and collaboration with hardware engineers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop daemons interfacing with embedded systems using low- and high-level protocols.
• Implement communication interfaces between embedded systems and higher-level processes.
• Integrate C libraries for hardware interfaces.
• Contribute to fault-tolerant system design and implementation.
• Collaborate with Electrical Engineering for software-hardware integration.
• Develop Yocto-based designs and support MPSoC platforms.
• Familiar with Xilinx MPSoC and other systems.

Skills

C/C++

Bash

Python

Yocto

Linux

Git

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C

Documentation

FDIR

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

Spire is seeking an experienced Embedded Linux/Software Engineer to join our Platform team responsible for spacecraft software. The role involves building and maintaining daemons for embedded systems, implementing cross-system interfaces, and integrating C libraries for hardware interfaces.

You will work closely with hardware engineers to ensure robust, fault-tolerant solutions and contribute to rapid design-to-launch cycles.