Flight Firmware Engineer for Real-Time Space and Avionics

Matter Intelligence; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage equity

Employer-paid health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Job summary

Matter Intelligence in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Flight Firmware Engineer to develop low-level software connecting our sensing hardware to reliable airborne and spaceborne operations.

You will collaborate with payload electronics, flight software, systems, test, and operations through bring-up, integration, qualification, and flight activities to ensure robust firmware for mission-critical missions.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and debugging embedded software close to hardware.
• Strong understanding of processors, peripherals, timing, and real-time behavior.
• Hands-on board bring-up, lab debugging, automated testing, and version-controlled software development.
• Ability to work across firmware, electronics, flight software, systems engineering, and test disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded firmware, device drivers, and hardware-control interfaces for sensing payload electronics.
• Support board bring-up, peripheral integration, command and telemetry paths, timing, and fault handling.
• Translate system and hardware requirements into testable firmware behavior and clear interfaces with flight software.
• Build unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop tests and support environmental and flight qualification activities.
• Diagnose issues using logs, instrumentation, and test data; document root causes and implement reliable corrective actions.

Skills

Embedded software

Hardware-near firmware

Board bring-up

Real-time systems

C/C++ programming

Debugging & testing

Flight software coordination

Job description

Matter Intelligence in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Flight Firmware Engineer to develop low-level software connecting our sensing hardware to reliable airborne and spaceborne operations.

You will collaborate with payload electronics, flight software, systems, test, and operations through bring-up, integration, qualification, and flight activities to ensure robust firmware for mission-critical missions.