Senior Aerospace Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Axiom Space; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Space in the United States is seeking a Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain firmware for spacecraft and avionics, working with RTOS, bare-metal environments, and mission-critical flight algorithms to deliver robust software for aerospace missions. This role focuses on low-level systems, hardware bring-up, and collaboration with hardware and software teams.

Proficiency in C/C++, Linux, and peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C, USB) is essential, with an emphasis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 4–9 years of professional experience in embedded systems, firmware, or flight software development.
• Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, processors, or SoCs used in aerospace or industrial applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and maintain firmware and flight software for spacecraft subsystems and avionics.
• Work with RTOS and bare-metal environments to meet real-time constraints.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers for board bring-up and driver development.
• Perform software architecture reviews, code reviews, and CI efforts.
• Develop unit tests, HIL tests, and simulation-based verification.
• Support integration, environmental testing, and pre-flight validation.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems

RTOS

Linux

JTAG debugging

Git & CI

VxWorks

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer/Electrical/Aerospace Engineering or related

Tools

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Embedded toolchains

Job description

Axiom Space in the United States is seeking a Senior Embedded Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain firmware for spacecraft and avionics, working with RTOS, bare-metal environments, and mission-critical flight algorithms to deliver robust software for aerospace missions. This role focuses on low-level systems, hardware bring-up, and collaboration with hardware and software teams.

Proficiency in C/C++, Linux, and peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C, USB) is essential, with an emphasis