Embedded Software Engineer (C / Embedded Linux / FPGA Systems)

Location: Luxembourg; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops lunar rover systems and technologies for sustainable lunar exploration, with operations across Japan, Luxembourg, and the United States.

What you will do

• Develop, review, debug, and maintain C software for lunar rover subsystems, embedded devices, and hardware interfaces.
• Build and integrate embedded Linux applications using threads, processes, inter-process communication, synchronization, and Linux system interfaces.
• Define software requirements, designs, interfaces, development plans, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with FPGA, electronics, avionics, systems, mechanical, and test engineers on hardware/software integration.
• Create and execute unit, integration, functional, verification, and validation tests on real electronic hardware.
• Identify root causes of hardware and software issues, improve development tools and automation, and reduce software risks.

Requirements

• 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 development.
• Professional experience writing and debugging C software for embedded devices and strong hands-on experience with embedded Linux.
• Experience with concurrent programming, inter-process communication, synchronization, Linux system interfaces, requirements, design, code review, testing, integration, and verification.
• Experience testing and debugging software on real electronic hardware and using version control, build, code review, and issue-tracking tools.
• Clear written and spoken English is required, along with the ability to work with multidisciplinary hardware and software teams.

Nice to have

• FPGA integration experience, including register maps, memory-mapped interfaces, interrupts, DMA, and hardware/software integration testing.
• Embedded Linux kernel configuration, build systems, boot processes, device trees, or Linux driver development.
• Experience with real-time or resource-limited systems and interfaces such as I2C, UART, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, or TCP/UDP/IP.
• Board bring-up and laboratory debugging with JTAG, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers.
• Experience in space, aerospace, robotics, automotive, industrial, or other high-reliability engineering environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside engineers, business experts, and creatives on lunar rover development.
• Collaborate with a global team spanning Europe, Japan, and the United States.
• Contribute to a mission focused on sustainable lunar exploration and expanding human reach beyond Earth.
• Work in a fast-moving, multidisciplinary engineering environment in Luxembourg.