Staff Embedded Software Engineer

As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, you will work across our full product line, from robotic ground telescopes to on-orbit compute platforms. You will design and maintain embedded Linux systems, bring up complex peripherals, build rock-solid drivers, and architect software that will run for decades in remote and harsh environments.

This role is deeply hands-on: you will read schematics, work shoulder-to-shoulder with electrical and mechanical teams, debug unusual edge cases, and own Yocto-based platforms down to the metal. You will report to the Embedded Engineering Lead.

- Architect, implement, and document embedded Linux systems composed of multiple daemons, services, and hardware interfaces designed for extreme reliability in remote and space environments.

- Own the BSP and driver stack across PCIe, SPI, I2C, UART, MIPI CSI-2, GPIO, and other hardware interfaces.

- Bring up high-speed peripherals (PCIe endpoints, MIPI cameras, high-bandwidth data links) and ensure their long-term robustness.

- Maintain build system health: keep Yocto builds unblocked, reproducible, and hardened through strict CI/CD testing gates.

- Design for resilience: create systems that can run autonomously for years with minimal human intervention.

- Collaborate on automated testing: help the test team build lab infrastructure that enables frictionless writing and execution of hardware-in-the-loop tests.

- Participate in product design reviews to ensure manufacturability, serviceability, and field reliability.

- 5+ years in embedded software engineering or systems-level development.

- Strong proficiency in C and modern C++—and good judgment about when not to overuse templates.

- Solid understanding of DC power systems, motor drivers, and common hardware interfaces (I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, MIPI, PCIe).

- Experience bringing up high-speed interfaces, especially PCIe and MIPI CSI-2 (D-PHY 1.4+).

- Deep familiarity with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, and power debugging tools.

- Ability to read and interpret schematics, understand board-level considerations, and debug at the electrical–software boundary.

- Strong debugging intuition—and the humility to know that debugging is 90% of the job.

- Experience in fast-paced prototyping environments and a bias toward quick iteration.

- Strong product sense: you prioritize manufacturing reliability, robustness, and long-term serviceability.

- Experience with Zephyr RTOS, embedded networking stacks, or sensor fusion.

- Experience with Qualcomm SoCs and their BSP/driver ecosystems.

- Experience with 3 phase motor drivers and tuning parameters park/clark vector control.

- Background in vision processing, image pipelines, or camera-focused algorithms.

- Contributions to open-source embedded or Linux kernel projects.

- Passion for astronomy, physics, and scientific exploration.