Embedded Software Team Leader
AST SpaceMobile3 days ago
Edinburgh, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and delivery of the ASIC embedded software stack for satellite communication platforms.
- Implement and guide firmware for ASIC bring-up, verification, drivers, diagnostics, and hardware integration.
- Oversee development and integration of BSP software, RTOS services, applications, diagnostics, and automated test features.
- Define software architecture, workflows, interfaces, release processes, and integration approaches for large software stacks.
- Guide, mentor, and inspire engineers across software and test domains.
- Coordinate with systems engineering, RF and digital hardware, ASIC VLSI, validation, ATE, payload applications software, and external partners.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for ASIC BSP firmware.
- Debug embedded hardware and software using laboratory equipment and support cross-functional technical collaboration.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of embedded software development experience.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Master of Science degree is preferred.
- Expertise in C and real-time programming using thin infrastructure such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, or bare metal.
- Strong knowledge of I2C, SPI, UART, RS-485, Ethernet, SerDes, memory device management, boot loaders, watchdogs, fail-safe mechanisms, and embedded hardware resources.
- Experience with embedded system bring-up and debugging.
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, analyzers, and signal generators.
- Proven experience defining software architecture, workflows, and interfaces, along with software release workflows and integration of large software stacks.
- Experience guiding engineers across software and test domains, preferably across multiple sites and geographies.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies, including Buildkite, Jenkins, Git, or GitLab CI/CD.
- Experience with container technologies, including Docker.
- Strong ownership, execution, communication, collaboration, and English-language skills.
Benefits
- The role requires working from the office at least 3–4 days per week, with 1–2 remote days.
- AST SpaceMobile is an equal opportunity, at-will employer.
About AST SpaceMobile
AST SpaceMobile builds a space-based cellular broadband network that connects directly to standard smartphones, selling capacity to mobile network operators and government users. The public company, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Midland, Texas, trades on NASDAQ. It has demonstrated direct 4G/5G voice and data links from its BlueWalker 3 test satellite and is developing commercial satellites to extend coverage to remote and underserved areas.