Flight Firmware Engineer — Spaceborne Embedded Systems

Matter; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

Onsite in El Segundo

Job summary

Matter is hiring a Flight Firmware Engineer to develop the low-level software that connects our sensing hardware to reliable airborne and spaceborne operations. This role will work closely with payload electronics, flight software, systems, test, and operations through board bring-up, integration, qualification, and flight.

Location is El Segundo, CA and onsite work is required. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with embedded firmware near hardware, real-time behavior, and

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with embedded software close to hardware.
• Strong understanding of processors, peripherals, and real-time behavior.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, and automated testing.
• Ability to work across firmware, electronics, flight software, and systems engineering.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Embedded firmware

Real-time systems

Board bring-up

Cross-disciplinary

Tools

Git

Unit testing

Job description

Matter is hiring a Flight Firmware Engineer to develop the low-level software that connects our sensing hardware to reliable airborne and spaceborne operations. This role will work closely with payload electronics, flight software, systems, test, and operations through board bring-up, integration, qualification, and flight.

Location is El Segundo, CA and onsite work is required. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with embedded firmware near hardware, real-time behavior, and