Redwire Space

Temporary, Sr. Principal, Embedded Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

$208-281k

Full Time

28 minutes ago

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Job description

Join our San Jose, CA team, where cutting-edge innovation meets national security. As part of Redwire’s recent acquisition of Hera Systems, this location focuses on advancing our capabilities in MEO, GEO, and hybrid space architectures, complementing our expertise in VLEO platforms. Together, we’re unlocking new solutions to support the warfighter and address critical needs in National Security Space.

Summary

We are seeking a Temporary – Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join our team. In this position you will be expected to wok predominantly on-site at San Jose, CA. facility,. However, we will allow for some hybrid flexibility. The typical schedule will be 4 days a week in the office and 1 day a week remote work from home. You will work collaboratively with our team to develop and innovative satellite solutions. You will be responsible for hardware/software development during all phases of the development cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, test, integration, and documentation in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

Work with software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to propose and develop software solution(s) to meet system specifications including performance requirements.
Work with the team to author / conduct software static and dynamic analysis.
Work with the team to draft and release relevant software documentation such as requirements specifications, design specifications, and design documents.
Effectively document software designs.
Design and implement software & hardware solutions and systems from requirements to production
Work in parallel with software and hardware engineers to develop and deliver complete embedded system solutions
Define system-level hardware and software interfaces
Write interface specifications for external sub-systems
Review hardware schematics and evaluate for software feasibility
Participate in hardware and software trades
Develop software test procedures and associated test suites for unit, system, and regression testing
Support integrated systems testing
Provide support and/or engineering of sensor I/O and data noise suppression requirements in digital systems
Attend project and subsystem engineering and management meetings when requested
Report design and production status weekly to project manager(s)
Communicate issues and concerns to team members and managers and support planning to resolve technical, schedule, safety and cost issues
The engineer will follow basic design standards provided by to ensure acceptable performance.

Ideal Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field, with 15 or more years (we will determine this) of experience building and shipping high reliability embedded systems using embedded Linux or RTOS (FreeRTOS preferred).
Software development process experience using the Gitflow workflow model.
Experience with development tools including Atlassian and Jenkins automation.
Experience with operating systems fundamentals such as schedulers, network stack, file system & memory management.
Software architecture, memory mapping, caching, DMA and interrupts experience.
Highly experienced in C, C++, web applications, Ubuntu, RHEL and dotnet applications.

Desired Skills

Deep familiarity with Yocto development toolchain.
Experience with SoC/FPGA system design for hardware interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Camera Sensor Interface (CSI) & Ethernet
User and proponent of Agile methods.
Experience with RTOS and/or Embedded Linux device drivers and bootloaders.
User and proponent of Agile methods.
Experience in aerospace software system design and implementation
Excellent communication skills..

Pay Range

$100 - $135 per hr.

How We Determine What We Pay (Compensation Philosophy)

Redwire determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data, for our locations throughout the US. We will evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index, in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company.

For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will receive higher pay.

Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here