Embedded Software Engineer
Venus Aerospace2 days ago
Houston, TX, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Develop flight software for next-generation avionics and flight computer systems.
- Design, implement, integrate, and debug real-time embedded software across the hardware/software boundary.
- Translate system and hardware requirements into robust, maintainable, testable software architecture and implementations.
- Develop fault handling, verification, configuration management, unit tests, integration tests, automated regression tests, and hardware-in-the-loop testing for mission-critical aerospace software.
- Collaborate with Avionics, GNC, Propulsion, Test, Ground Software, and QA engineers to resolve system-level problems.
- Establish embedded software architecture, development processes, tools, and engineering practices.
- Own projects from concept through implementation, integration, and flight readiness.
- Help define system interfaces and diagnose issues involving hardware, firmware, software, configuration, and integration.
- Mentor engineers and potentially lead the Embedded Software organization as the team grows.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience developing embedded systems for flight-related systems.
- Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related engineering discipline; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
- Strong proficiency in C and/or C++ for resource-constrained embedded systems.
- Experience developing software for microcontrollers, SoCs, or embedded CPUs and developing real-time embedded software with deterministic timing requirements.
- Understanding of interrupts, DMA peripherals, memory-mapped I/O, timers, watchdogs, serial communication, concurrency, synchronization, memory management, and resource constraints.
- Experience with safety- and reliability-critical software, fault detection and handling, redundancy or graceful degradation, health monitoring, startup/self-test behavior, and robust state-machine design.
- Experience with Weapons Open Systems Architecture and Modular Open Systems Approach.
- Experience writing unit and integration tests, creating tests from software requirements, using code coverage and objective verification measures, and diagnosing issues across the software/hardware boundary.
- Comfort with Git, code review workflows, static analysis, compiler diagnostics, automated regression testing, requirements traceability, issue tracking, defect analysis, peer reviews, and technical documentation.
- Ability to read schematics, datasheets, reference manuals, and hardware specifications and translate them into software requirements.
- Preferred experience includes modular weapons, missiles, avionics, FPGA interfaces, MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, RS-485, DO-178C, MIL-STD-882E, thrust vector control, IMUs, GPS chips, SpaceWire, Time-Triggered Ethernet, MIL/SIL/HIL environments, embedded debugging, automated test infrastructure, GitLab pipelines, Jira, and Confluence.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan, stock options, and medical benefits including dental and vision.
- Flex-Friday flexible schedule and unlimited PTO.
- Professional development opportunities.
- On-site work in Houston, Texas.
- Employment is subject to applicable U.S. export-control and ITAR eligibility requirements.
About Venus Aerospace
Venus Aerospace builds propulsion systems—rotating detonation rocket engines and detonation ramjets—for space, defense, and high‑speed aviation programs. It develops and tests engines and propulsion platforms that customers integrate into spacecraft, missiles, and high‑Mach aircraft. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Houston, it is privately held; on May 14, 2025 it conducted a test flight of a high‑thrust RDRE, demonstrating flight‑propulsion capability.