Firmware Engineer — Digital Beamforming ASICs (Space)

BLUE ORIGIN; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Interviews will include a technicalass

Job summary

Blue Origin in Cupertino, CA is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to develop low-level firmware for the Digital Beamforming ASICs in the TeraWave system. You’ll collaborate with hardware and communications engineers to implement firmware interfaces and ensure reliable operation.

The role requires 10+ years in firmware, C programming, and hands-on experience with pre- and post-silicon bring-up, RTOS, and hard real-time systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field.
• 10+ years of firmware development experience.
• Experience writing software in C and low-level embedded code.
• Experience debugging embedded firmware and hardware/software interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop ROM code and runtime firmware for Digital Beamforming (DBF) ASICs.
• Develop and support firmware for beam pointing, analog calibration, FEIC management, SerDes link management, secure boot, telemetry, and sideband control of DBF ASICs.
• Work closely with hardware and communications systems engineers to define interfaces.
• Support pre-silicon firmware development, integration, and validation.
• Support post-silicon bring-up and validation of custom DBF ASICs.

Skills

C programming

Firmware development

Embedded systems

RTOS

Cortex-M

Rust (no-std)

HIL testing

QEMU

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

QEMU

Palladium

ZeBu

Job description

Blue Origin in Cupertino, CA is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to develop low-level firmware for the Digital Beamforming ASICs in the TeraWave system. You’ll collaborate with hardware and communications engineers to implement firmware interfaces and ensure reliable operation.

The role requires 10+ years in firmware, C programming, and hands-on experience with pre- and post-silicon bring-up, RTOS, and hard real-time systems.