Embedded Software Engineer (C/C++)

Location: Golden, Colorado, United States; onsite

Salary: USD 150,000–190,000 per year

Company

hirify.global builds and operates reliable, shareable satellites and provides end-to-end space missions for governments, companies, and research institutions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain hardware abstraction layers, device drivers, and board support packages.
• Develop and optimize hardware interfaces, peripherals, and data-transfer mechanisms.
• Lead board bring-up, hardware/software integration, and low-level debugging.
• Write reliable C/C++ software for embedded Linux and/or RTOS platforms.
• Diagnose hardware/software issues using documentation, debugging tools, and direct hardware testing.
• Develop unit and integration tests and collaborate with hardware, FPGA, and systems engineers on flight-ready solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional embedded software development experience in C and/or C++.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing HALs and low-level device drivers.
• Experience with BSPs, register-level programming, and hardware/peripheral configuration.
• Experience with board bring-up, hardware/software integration, and low-level debugging.
• Experience with embedded Linux and/or RTOS platforms.
• Understanding of UART, SPI, I²C, DMA, Ethernet, LVDS, or SpaceWire.
• Experience with GDB, JTAG, logic analyzers, or oscilloscopes; ability to read schematics and datasheets and troubleshoot across hardware and software.
• Strong problem-solving skills, ownership, and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• Linux kernel internals, kernel-space driver development, and device trees.
• Yocto or Buildroot embedded Linux build systems.
• ARM-based SoCs and FPGA integration.
• Aerospace, spaceflight, or safety-critical software experience.
• Radiation mitigation techniques, including Single Event Upset handling.
• Embedded virtualization or hypervisor experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents, plus FSA and HSA programs.
• Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible time off, vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays.
• 401(k), equity options, catered lunches, snacks, and social events.
• Paid parental leave, fertility and family-forming benefits, and applicable relocation assistance.
• International collaboration with the team in France.