Embedded Firmware Engineer – Flight & Optical Payloads

Space Capital; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Relocation Assistance

Equipment And Lab Budget

Job summary

Space Capital in Culver City is seeking an embedded firmware engineer to develop the payload and ground terminal software. You will implement real-time control loops, low-latency drivers, and observability instrumentation.

Candidates should hold a CS/EE degree and have hands-on experience with bare-metal (RTOS) development, hardware debugging, and peripherals like I2C, SPI, UART, and Ethernet.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field with deep expertise in C/C++ for bare-metal and RTOS environments.
• Candidates must have hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools and low-level peripheral drivers.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded firmware and the payload application layer for optical payloads and ground terminals.
• Implement real-time control loops.
• Support hardware bring-up through low-level driver development and observability instrumentation.

Skills

C

C++

Embedded Firmware

RTOS

Bare-metal Development

Python

Hardware Bring-up

I2C

SPI

UART

Ethernet

Control Loops

FPGA SoC

FDIR

Telemetry

JTAG

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Job description

Space Capital in Culver City is seeking an embedded firmware engineer to develop the payload and ground terminal software. You will implement real-time control loops, low-latency drivers, and observability instrumentation.

Candidates should hold a CS/EE degree and have hands-on experience with bare-metal (RTOS) development, hardware debugging, and peripherals like I2C, SPI, UART, and Ethernet.