Redwire Space · 2 months ago
Contractor, Sr. Principal, Embedded Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100/hr - $125/hr
15+ years expRedwire Space is focused on advancing capabilities in MEO, GEO, and hybrid space architectures. They are seeking a Contractor – Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer to develop innovative satellite solutions, responsible for hardware/software development throughout the entire development cycle.
ManufacturingSpace TravelTelecommunications
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
15 or more years of experience building and shipping high reliability embedded systems using embedded Linux or RTOS (FreeRTOS preferred)
Minimally 10 years of solid RF experience
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
Some travel required
Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance
Preferred
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
Experience in aerospace software system design and implementation
Excellent communication skills
Company
Redwire Space
Redwire Corporation (NYSE:RDW) is an integrated aerospace and defense company focused on advanced technologies.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$450M2025-06-16Post Ipo Equity· $260M
2025-06-13Post Ipo Debt· $90M
2021-09-03Post Ipo Equity· $100M
Leadership Team
Peter Cannito
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Al Tadros
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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