Senior RTOS & Embedded Driver Engineer for Space Robotics

EVONA; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance for employees

Paid time off

401(k) with employer match

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost Inc. is seeking a Senior Real-Time Embedded Software Engineer to lead RTOS driver and application development for space robotics.

You will bring up new avionics hardware, implement scheduling and memory partitioning, and collaborate with systems, hardware, and robotics teams to ensure fault-tolerant configurations. You should have a strong C background, hands-on RTOS experience, and familiarity with space-grade standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer or electrical engineering or related field.
• 3+ years developing embedded software or avionics systems for space or mission-critical robotics applications.
• 3+ years in RTOS development, configuration and BSP customization.
• Hands-on board bring-up experience for avionics or robotics hardware.
• Strong proficiency in C for embedded system development.
• Experience with real-time debugging, timing analysis and performance optimization.
• Experience with SPI, RS485/422, ADCs, CAN.
• Experience with ethernet networking, SMP and safety-critical software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for RTOS driver and application development and deployment on robotics-based avionics platforms.
• Design, implement, integrate, and maintain RTOS based software for space avionics.
• Perform board bring-up for new avionics hardware, including processor initialization, bootloader configuration, and peripheral driver development.
• Implement task scheduling, memory partitioning, and time partitioning in alignment with mission safety standards.
• Develop and integrate device drivers for rover avionics subsystems.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, and robotics teams to define and implement fault-tolerant operating system configurations.
• Support hardware/software integration using engineering models, simulators, and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds.
• Document OS configuration, integration steps, and operational procedures to flight-certifiable standards.

Skills

RTOS development

C programming

board bring-up

real-time debugging

timing analysis

safety-critical software

communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer or electrical engineering

Tools

VxWorks 7 DKMs/RTPs

RTOS configuration

CAN/SPI/RS-485/422

Job description

Lunar Outpost Inc. is seeking a Senior Real-Time Embedded Software Engineer to lead RTOS driver and application development for space robotics.

You will bring up new avionics hardware, implement scheduling and memory partitioning, and collaborate with systems, hardware, and robotics teams to ensure fault-tolerant configurations. You should have a strong C background, hands-on RTOS experience, and familiarity with space-grade standards.