Embedded Software Engineer III
Innoflight LLC1 day ago
San Diego, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$125k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement embedded C/C++ software for multi-core processors and FPGA-integrated systems targeting ARM Cortex and RISC-V architectures.
- Develop real-time system monitoring, power management, avionics, and payload data processing software.
- Configure Linux systems, including modifying kernels and U-Boot or GRUB bootloaders for customer flight applications.
- Implement networking and cryptographic functionality and interface with embedded buses and communications protocols.
- Translate customer and system requirements into software solutions while participating in design, documentation, integration, validation, and testing.
- Collaborate with hardware and FPGA engineers to integrate, debug, and deliver rugged Low-SWaP aerospace products.
- Track features, bugs, and build processes using version control and release-management tools.
- Present technical designs and progress to internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of professional experience developing embedded software in C/C++ for Linux and/or RTOS-based systems.
- Deep knowledge of embedded platforms, multi-core processors, and interfacing standards such as SPI, I2C, UART, and PCIe.
- Experience configuring U-Boot or GRUB and customizing Linux kernels for application-specific requirements.
- Proficiency with IP, TLS, and IPsec networking protocols and AES, RSA, ECDSA, and ECDH cryptographic systems.
- Familiarity with Git, Jira, version control, task tracking, and modern software development workflows.
- Strong technical communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
- Experience with OpenCL, CUDA, or other parallel-processing frameworks is preferred.
- Aerospace or defense experience and knowledge of COMSEC requirements are highly desirable.
Benefits
- Starting base salary of $125,000 to $150,000 per year.
- Profit-sharing bonus and cash performance bonus.
- 401(k) with a 3% company match and automatic enrollment.
- Medical, dental, vision, HSA, life, critical illness, accident, disability, legal, and pet insurance benefits.
- 10 paid holidays and 120 hours of PTO starting in the first year.
- 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
- Tuition reimbursement, internal Ask Me Anything sessions, and weekly Lunch & Learns.
- Onsite position.
About Innoflight LLC
Innoflight LLC designs and manufactures secure space communications and avionics for small satellites and spacecraft, including software-defined radios, cryptographic units, and networking/processing modules. Privately held and founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California. It operates as a non-traditional defense contractor, supplying the U.S. government, defense primes, and satellite bus providers with radiation-tolerant, low-SWaP hardware and supporting software.