Embedded Flight Software Engineer – Space Systems

L3Harris Technologies; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Sign-on bonus up to $15K

Job summary

L3Harris Space and Mission Systems in Wilmington, MA seeks an Embedded Software Engineer to develop real-time flight software for space-based imaging payloads. The role focuses on bare-metal C, servo control, and collaboration with control algorithm engineers to deliver reliable embedded implementations.

You will design, implement, and optimize software for high-performance systems, participate in testing, and work closely with hardware and software teams to ensure deterministic behavior and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, with relevant experience.
• Experience with embedded development on aerospace systems using C/C++ and bare-metal environments.
• Experience with timing constraints and performance optimization in resource-constrained embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain real-time embedded software in C for bare-metal hardware.
• Implement and optimize servo control algorithms operating at update rates up to 1 kHz.
• Integrate algorithms with low-level hardware interfaces and communication paths.
• Collaborate with algorithm developers to refine implementations based on data.
• Analyze test data, debug performance issues, and improve servo loop behavior and robustness.
• Support system bring-up, troubleshooting, and validation in lab/prototype environments.

Skills

Embedded development

C/C++ programming

Real-time systems

Timing constraints

CI/CD practices

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering/CS or related

Graduate degree optional

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

L3Harris Space and Mission Systems in Wilmington, MA seeks an Embedded Software Engineer to develop real-time flight software for space-based imaging payloads. The role focuses on bare-metal C, servo control, and collaboration with control algorithm engineers to deliver reliable embedded implementations.

You will design, implement, and optimize software for high-performance systems, participate in testing, and work closely with hardware and software teams to ensure deterministic behavior and