Senior Software Engineer - Antenna & Embedded Networking

Kymeta Corporation; Redmond, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Vision & Dental

Life/AD&D

Employee Assistance Program

401k

Job summary

Kymeta Corporation is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to develop and sustain software for our electronically steered antenna systems. You will work across RF, hardware interfaces, and software to enable tracking, sensing, and advanced applications beyond traditional SATCOM.

Expect collaboration with systems and RF engineers, product teams, and customers in a fast-paced, field-ready environment. The role emphasizes full software lifecycle work, APIs, and field support, with a 10% travel

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in embedded, networking, aerospace, defense, or related technical environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python and C/C++.
• Experience in Linux and embedded Linux environments.
• Experience designing, optimizing, and maintaining networked applications using gRPC, REST APIs, TCP/IP, and socket-based communication in a microservices environment.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active security clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, enhancement, and sustainment of software supporting advanced applications of Kymeta antenna systems.
• Design and implement new antenna control capabilities supporting applications beyond traditional SATCOM, including tracking, sensing, radar, regulatory/compliance, and other mission-specific functions.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering efforts across RF, antenna, software, FPGA, embedded systems, and networking to deliver integrated operational capabilities.
• Develop and maintain APIs, network services, socket interfaces, and software integration frameworks that enable third-party systems to communicate with Kymeta antennas.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, RF engineers, and customer relationship owners to translate customer requirements into software features and operational capabilities.
• Support development, enhancement, and sustainment of antenna software platforms and advanced application extensions.
• Support customer integration efforts by assisting partners with API implementations, software interoperability, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Participate in laboratory testing, field demonstrations, and operational deployments to validate software functionality and performance.
• Analyze software, network, and system performance to diagnose issues and improve reliability, usability, and operational effectiveness.
• Develop technical documentation including interface definitions, software design documentation, user guides, and integration guides.
• Serve as a technical resource for software architecture, integration strategy, and customer-facing technical discussions.
• Ability to travel 10%

Skills

Python

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Linux

gRPC/REST

TCP/IP Sockets

Software design

US citizenship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Git

Linux development tools

Job description

Kymeta Corporation is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to develop and sustain software for our electronically steered antenna systems. You will work across RF, hardware interfaces, and software to enable tracking, sensing, and advanced applications beyond traditional SATCOM.

Expect collaboration with systems and RF engineers, product teams, and customers in a fast-paced, field-ready environment. The role emphasizes full software lifecycle work, APIs, and field support, with a 10% travel