Hybrid Senior Embedded OS Engineer for Distributed Systems

Swoop Technologies; Alabama; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Swoop Technologies is seeking an Embedded OS engineer in Huntsville, AL for a hybrid role requiring 3+ days onsite. You will develop firmware, kernels, and OS services, interfacing hardware and software to deliver a robust distributed OS across diverse hardware. Collaborative cross-team work and travel up to 5-20% are expected.

Applicants should have C and Rust experience, a solid grasp of low-level hardware, and a Bachelor’s in a related field or equivalent experience, with active TS clearance.

Qualifications

• Active TS clearance is required.
• Experience in OS/kernel development or embedded firmware is essential.
• Proficiency in C and Rust is expected.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded system firmware including drivers and bootloaders.
• Contribute to OS integration and kernel-level modules for hardware interaction.
• Design features and services using firmware interfaces for performance and robustness.
• Collaborate across teams to debug firmware, OS, and application boundaries.
• Work with deployment engineering to meet customer requirements.

Skills

Active TS Clearance

C

Rust

Low-level hardware understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent technical experience

Tools

Embedded Systems/Firmware

Job description

Swoop Technologies is seeking an Embedded OS engineer in Huntsville, AL for a hybrid role requiring 3+ days onsite. You will develop firmware, kernels, and OS services, interfacing hardware and software to deliver a robust distributed OS across diverse hardware. Collaborative cross-team work and travel up to 5-20% are expected.

Applicants should have C and Rust experience, a solid grasp of low-level hardware, and a Bachelor’s in a related field or equivalent experience, with active TS clearance.