Embedded Firmware Engineer II – Spacecraft Systems

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace in Texas seeks an experienced embedded firmware engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate flight software for space systems. You will work with a team of software engineers across the full development lifecycle, collaborating with hardware and systems teams to deliver reliable, efficient firmware for mission-critical hardware in Linux environments.

The role emphasizes C/C++ proficiency, RTOS experience (FreeRTOS/Zephyr), and CI/CD for embedded projects, plus exposure to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of embedded firmware development in Linux environments.
• Experience delivering embedded firmware as bare-metal or RTOS applications (FreeRTOS/Zephyr).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test embedded firmware for microcontrollers and microprocessors in bare-metal or RTOS environments.
• Architect and implement low-level drivers and system-level firmware for real-time applications.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to define architecture and debug hardware/firmware interactions.
• Optimize firmware for power efficiency, performance, and memory constraints.
• Participate in code reviews and document firmware designs and processes.
• Contribute to system-level debugging, performance profiling, and validation of embedded systems.
• Optionally, support FPGA integration and OS builds with Yocto or Buildroot.

Skills

Embedded firmware

C/C++ programming

Linux environments

RTOS experience

CI/CD workflows

FPGA interfacing

Debugging (JTAG/SWD)

Team collaboration

Education

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

Tools

FreeRTOS

Zephyr

Yocto

Buildroot

GitLab CI

TeamCity

JTAG

Job description

Firefly Aerospace in Texas seeks an experienced embedded firmware engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate flight software for space systems. You will work with a team of software engineers across the full development lifecycle, collaborating with hardware and systems teams to deliver reliable, efficient firmware for mission-critical hardware in Linux environments.

The role emphasizes C/C++ proficiency, RTOS experience (FreeRTOS/Zephyr), and CI/CD for embedded projects, plus exposure to