Senior Embedded Engineer - Real-Time Robotics & Space Systems

Orbital Robotics; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbital Robotics is seeking engineers who have deployed embedded software for safety-critical robotic systems at scale. You will architect, implement, test, and deploy real-time C/C++ software from bare-metal bring-up to production hardware on test rigs and full-scale robots.

Responsibilities include driver development, high-speed comms, RTOS optimization, and safety-focused architectures to withstand hardware degradation and disturbances. ITAR compliance is required for U.S. persons.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, physics, robotics, or related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of full-time embedded systems experience.
• Software development experience in C, C++ and Linux.
• ITAR requirements: must be a U.S. person (citizen, permanent resident, or designated asylee/refugee).

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, test, and deploy real-time embedded C/C++ software from bare-metal bring-up to production hardware.
• Develop device drivers and high-speed communication protocols to tightly integrate actuators, motor controllers, and complex sensor payloads.
• Optimize low-level firmware and RTOS to guarantee the strict timing and latencies required for high-bandwidth robotic control, dynamic movement, and manipulation.
• Design fault-tolerant software architectures and safety systems that gracefully handle hardware degradation, thermal limits, and unexpected physical disturbances.
• Integrate and debug embedded systems directly on full-scale robots and hardware-in-the-loop test frameworks.

Skills

Embedded systems

C programming

C++ programming

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, physics, robotics, or related field

Tools

RTOS

Linux kernel

Job description

Orbital Robotics is seeking engineers who have deployed embedded software for safety-critical robotic systems at scale. You will architect, implement, test, and deploy real-time C/C++ software from bare-metal bring-up to production hardware on test rigs and full-scale robots.

Responsibilities include driver development, high-speed comms, RTOS optimization, and safety-focused architectures to withstand hardware degradation and disturbances. ITAR compliance is required for U.S. persons.