Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Radar & Weather Systems

tomorrow.be; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tomorrow.io’s Space & Sensors team develops RF-based sensing systems including software defined radar and weather satellite constellations. Senior Embedded Software Engineer will design and deliver high-performance software for embedded and user applications in C++ and Rust.

You will integrate payload and spacecraft subsystems, work with firmware, hardware, and systems engineering, and enable real-time configuration and data acquisition from radar hardware.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of embedded software development in C/C++ and/or Rust.
• Experience with embedded Linux (Yocto, Buildroot, PetaLinux) and RTOS (FreeRTOS or Zephyr).
• Experience with ARM/FPGA SoC platforms (e.g., Xilinx Zynq) for mission-critical apps.
• Familiarity with low-level interfaces and buses (I2C, SPI, CAN, AXI).

Responsibilities

• Develop mission-critical embedded and user applications for SoC-based radar payload platforms.
• Design and implement interfaces connecting ConOps processors and payload subsystems.
• Write clean, testable C++ and Rust code for maintainability.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, and systems engineering to integrate software with spacecraft systems.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Embedded systems

RTOS/Embedded Linux

I2C/SPI/CAN/AXI

Debugging across HW/SW

Tools

Yocto Project

Buildroot

PetaLinux

Xilinx Zynq

Job description

Tomorrow.io’s Space & Sensors team develops RF-based sensing systems including software defined radar and weather satellite constellations. Senior Embedded Software Engineer will design and deliver high-performance software for embedded and user applications in C++ and Rust.

You will integrate payload and spacecraft subsystems, work with firmware, hardware, and systems engineering, and enable real-time configuration and data acquisition from radar hardware.