Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Aerospace Power Systems

AmplifiedSpace; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AmplifiedSpace, the world’s leading power systems company for smart spacecraft, seeks a Senior Software Engineer in the Boulder/Denver area to join our hardware-integrated software team.

You will design, implement, and maintain software architecture for software-configurable power systems, including embedded software, firmware, and customer interfaces. The role collaborates with electrical and systems engineers and supports flight deliveries with evolving requirements.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.
• 5–15 years’ experience with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in CS/CE/EE or related field.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean code, architecture, debugging, version control, testing.
• Experience writing software for systems that interface with hardware (embedded/ aerospace).
• Ability to deliver complex projects end-to-end with evolving requirements.
• Desire to mentor and lead and be self-directed.

Responsibilities

• Own software development for key product capabilities that enable software-defined power systems.
• Design and implement production-quality code with reliability, maintainability, and testability.
• Develop software tools for configuration, bring-up, and validation of spacecraft power systems.
• Collaborate with electrical and systems engineers to define interfaces between software and power electronics.
• Support flight deliveries by ensuring software requirements are met, verified, and documented.
• Participate in debugging complex system issues spanning software, firmware, and hardware.
• Help establish and improve internal software development processes (code reviews, CI/CD, release workflows, documentation).
• Work directly with customer technical teams as needed to support integration and mission success.
• Pick up new skills as needed.
• Manage time efficiently.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

Software architecture

Mentoring

Self-directed

End-to-end delivery

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

AmplifiedSpace, the world’s leading power systems company for smart spacecraft, seeks a Senior Software Engineer in the Boulder/Denver area to join our hardware-integrated software team.

You will design, implement, and maintain software architecture for software-configurable power systems, including embedded software, firmware, and customer interfaces. The role collaborates with electrical and systems engineers and supports flight deliveries with evolving requirements.