Embedded Space Systems Engineer – Real-Time & Flight Software

PLP Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity

Healthcare including vision and dental

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

EEO & Reasonable Accommodations

Job summary

Azora is building high-bandwidth space and ground infrastructure, seeking engineers to develop embedded software for flight and ground hardware. You will write drivers, control loops, and FPGA interfaces, and validate code with HIL setups and automated tests.

You will collaborate with electrical, FPGA, and optical engineers during system integration and environmental testing, delivering deterministic, low-latency software for space environments.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering.
• 4+ years of embedded or hardware-adjacent software experience in C/C++.
• Experience with embedded Linux and/or RTOS environments (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks, RTEMS).
• Hands-on with hardware interfaces: SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, PCIe, or memory-mapped FPGA peripherals.

Responsibilities

• Write embedded and real-time software for flight and ground hardware.
• Develop drivers, board support, and FPGA interfaces; implement control loops.
• Create HIL environments and automated regression suites for embedded software.
• Collaborate with electrical/FPGA/optical engineers during integration and tests.

Job description

Azora is building high-bandwidth space and ground infrastructure, seeking engineers to develop embedded software for flight and ground hardware. You will write drivers, control loops, and FPGA interfaces, and validate code with HIL setups and automated tests.

You will collaborate with electrical, FPGA, and optical engineers during system integration and environmental testing, delivering deterministic, low-latency software for space environments.