Lead Embedded Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage defense company developing and delivering advanced mission-critical defense systems.

What you will do

• Define system architecture, software design patterns, module interfaces, and long-term technical strategy across embedded systems, autonomy, drivers, simulation, and application layers.
• Design, implement, integrate, and validate embedded software for Linux-based and real-time systems, including hardware bring-up and flight-test support.
• Lead integration across virtualized environments, hardware-in-the-loop setups, and full vehicle systems.
• Develop or guide testing tools, automation workflows, and simulation models, and drive root-cause analysis for complex failures.
• Coordinate with avionics, guidance, hardware, simulation, and test teams while representing embedded software in technical and program reviews.
• Own major technical initiatives, mentor engineers, manage risks, and improve engineering standards, documentation, design reviews, and testing rigor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a related STEM field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in embedded software or real-time systems.
• Strong proficiency in C++, Rust, or similar systems programming languages.
• Experience with Linux-based embedded platforms, including kernel-level work or custom UART, I2C, and SPI driver development.
• Experience leading technical projects, architecting complex systems, or serving as a technical or team lead.
• Strong debugging skills across hardware and software boundaries.

Nice to have

• Experience in defense, aerospace, robotics, automotive, or other mission-critical hardware–software organizations.
• Experience with microcontrollers, distributed embedded architectures, and real-time systems.
• Knowledge of Linux internals, performance tuning, networking, and system-level diagnostics.
• Experience mentoring engineers, running design reviews, and aligning multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience rapidly prototyping, evaluating tradeoffs, and validating ideas using first-principles thinking.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• High-ownership, rapid-iteration, and continuous-improvement working environment.
• Access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites may require additional government authorization or security clearance.
• Employment or contractor hiring is contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing.