Embedded Software Engineer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop reliable, embedded software for lunar rover systems.
• Write, review, debug, and maintain C software for embedded devices, rover subsystems, and hardware interfaces.
• Develop and integrate software on embedded Linux, including threads, processes, communication between processes, synchronization, and Linux system interfaces.
• Define clear software requirements, designs, interfaces, and development plans.
• Work with FPGA, electronics, avionics, systems, mechanical, and test engineers to connect software with hardware and solve system problems.
• Create and run unit, integration, functional, verification, and validation tests.
• Debug problems on real hardware, find the root cause, fix the software, and verify the solution.
• Identify software risks early and help reduce them.
• Write and maintain clear requirements, designs, interface documents, test procedures, and test reports.
• Improve coding standards, development tools, automation, testing, and software quality.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS - MUST HAVE

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 5 years of professional software development experience, including substantial embedded software work.
• Professional experience writing and debugging C software that runs on embedded devices. This is essential.
• Strong hands-on experience with embedded Linux application development and operation. This is required.
• Experience testing and debugging software on real electronic hardware.
• Experience with threads, concurrent programming, communication between processes, synchronization, and Linux system interfaces.
• Experience with requirements, design, implementation, code review, testing, integration, and verification.
• Experience using version control, code review, build, and issue-tracking tools.
• Understanding how software choices affect processors, memory, timing, interfaces, and the wider system.
• Clear written and spoken English and the ability to work effectively with hardware and multidisciplinary teams.

STRONGLY PREFERRED - FPGA AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

• FPGA knowledge or experience integrating software with FPGA-based systems. Candidates with this experience will be given a strong preference.
• Experience working with FPGA register maps, memory-mapped interfaces, interrupts, DMA, and hardware/software integration tests.
• Experience with FPGA configuration/development tools.
• Embedded Linux kernel configuration, build systems, boot process, device tree, or Linux driver development.
• Experience with real-time or resource-limited systems.
• Experience with I2C, UART, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, or TCP/UDP/IP.
• Board bring-up and laboratory debugging using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers.
• Experience in space, aerospace, robotics, automotive, industrial, or other high-reliability engineering field.
• Experience with GitLab, Atlassian tools, CI/CD, automated builds, and automated testing.