CesiumAstro

Principal Embedded Software Engineer

CesiumAstro$150K — $180K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
  • 15+ years of experience in relevant engineering fields.
  • Mastery of embedded software principles and SDLC.
  • Expertise in C/C++, Python, and embedded development tools.
  • Experience with real-time operating systems and their design.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of microcontrollers and hardware interfaces.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

  • Establish embedded software architectures and development methodologies.
  • Contribute to next-generation embedded software technologies and frameworks.
  • Oversee complex embedded software engineering initiatives and solutions.
  • Direct software verification, validation, debugging, and integration activities.
  • Evaluate software test results and hardware interfaces for innovative solutions.
  • Implement software improvements and corrective actions for higher quality.
  • Advise on technical direction and lead architecture reviews.

Benefits

  • Company stock options.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
  • Life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Retirement plans.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Embedded Software EngineerII to join our software team.

In this posiiton, you will be the organization's technical authority for embedded software engineering, responsible for defining embedded software architectures, advancing engineering methodologies, and solving the organization's most complex software and hardware integration challenges. This role shapes the technical direction of multiple products and programs while driving the development of next-generation embedded software technologies.

Working cross-functionally with software, electrical, systems, hardware, quality, and test engineering teams, this role advises leadership, customers, and engineering organizations while advancing technical excellence and organizational capability.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Establish embedded software architectures, software frameworks, engineering standards, and development methodologies supporting current and future products.
  • Contribute to the development of next-generation embedded software technologies, firmware frameworks, real-time applications, device drivers, middleware, and software platforms.
  • Oversee the organization's most complex embedded software engineering initiatives, developing innovative software solutions that satisfy product, customer, performance, safety, and system requirements.
  • Direct highly complex software verification, validation, debugging, integration, and system performance activities across multidisciplinary development programs.
  • Evaluate software test results, hardware interfaces, system behavior, performance metrics, and engineering observations to develop innovative solutions for complex software and hardware integration challenges.
  • Guide implementation of software improvements, defect resolutions, engineering changes, and corrective actions that strengthen software reliability, maintainability, performance, and product quality.
  • Advise leadership, engineering teams, customers, and program teams on embedded software architectures, engineering methodologies, emerging technologies, and technical direction.
  • Lead architecture reviews, customer engagements, technical investigations, multidisciplinary engineering initiatives, and critical program assessments.
  • Mentor senior engineers while promoting advanced embedded software engineering practices and supporting technical capability across the engineering organization.
  • Advance embedded software engineering through innovative software architectures, development methodologies, coding practices, and emerging technologies.
  • Review embedded software engineering methodologies, engineering processes, and industry advancements to identify opportunities that strengthen organizational capability.
  • Drive initiatives that improve software quality, reliability, maintainability, engineering efficiency, product performance, and technical excellence.


JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related engineering field.
  • Mastery of embedded software principles, firmware development, SDLC, software architecture, and embedded system design.
  • Expertise in C/C++, Python, version control, debugging tools, embedded IDEs, software optimization, and low-level software development.
  • Experience in embedded systems design with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems (experience with real-time Linux is desirable).
  • Comprehensive knowledge of RTOS, microcontrollers, hardware interfaces, communication protocols, peripheral integration, and embedded computing architectures.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
  • Extensive knowledge of software product development, software verification, coding standards, configuration management, continuous integration, release management, and engineering standards.
  • Advanced understanding of hardware integration, system-level debugging, software performance optimization, product lifecycle management, and emerging embedded software technologies.
  • Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
  • Excellent knowledge of real-time system coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces, and hardware subsystems.
  • Excellent understanding of multi-threaded applications and resource management.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

  • Experience with products for aerospace applications.
  • Adequate knowledge of reading electronics schematics and component data sheets.
  • Experience with ARM processors and fully-featured microcontrollers.
  • Experience in design and development of a Software Development Kit (SDK).


CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

About CesiumAstro

CesiumAstro is a technology company that provides advanced communications systems for satellite and space-based applications. The company's systems use advanced software-defined radio technology to provide high-bandwidth, low-latency communications for a variety of applications, including remote sensing, earth observation, and satellite communications. CesiumAstro's systems are designed to be highly modular and scalable, allowing them to be easily integrated into a wide range of satellite and space-based platforms. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Learn more about CesiumAstro
Size
100 employees
Industry
Net Income
-$1 million
Founded
2017
5 Year Trend
+80%
Revenue
$5 million

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