Software Engineer - Flight and Embedded

Space Capital

Culver City (CA)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 170,000

Full time

14 days+

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Stock Options
Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible PTO
Relocation Assistance
Equipment And Lab Budget

Job summary

Space Capital in Culver City is seeking an embedded firmware engineer to develop the payload and ground terminal software. You will implement real-time control loops, low-latency drivers, and observability instrumentation.

Candidates should hold a CS/EE degree and have hands-on experience with bare-metal (RTOS) development, hardware debugging, and peripherals like I2C, SPI, UART, and Ethernet.

Qualifications

  • Requires a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field with deep expertise in C/C++ for bare-metal and RTOS environments.
  • Candidates must have hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools and low-level peripheral drivers.

Responsibilities

  • Develop embedded firmware and the payload application layer for optical payloads and ground terminals.
  • Implement real-time control loops.
  • Support hardware bring-up through low-level driver development and observability instrumentation.

Skills

C
C++
Embedded Firmware
RTOS
Bare-metal Development
Python
Hardware Bring-up
I2C
SPI
UART
Ethernet
Control Loops
FPGA SoC
FDIR
Telemetry
JTAG

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Job description

Develop embedded firmware and the payload application layer for optical payloads and ground terminals. Implement real-time control loops and support hardware bring-up through low-level driver development and observability instrumentation.

Requirements

Requires a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field with deep expertise in C/C++ for bare-metal and RTOS environments. Candidates must have hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools and low-level peripheral drivers.

Key Skills
  • C
  • C++
  • Embedded Firmware
  • RTOS
  • Bare-metal Development
  • Python
  • Hardware Bring-up
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • UART
  • Ethernet
  • Control Loops
  • FPGA SoC
  • FDIR
  • Telemetry
  • JTAG
Benefits
  • Stock Options
  • Medical Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Equipment And Lab Budget
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