Embedded Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Redwood City, California, United States; on-site. U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected individual status, or eligibility for required U.S. government authorizations is required under ITAR.

Salary: $150,000–$250,000 per year, with flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops radar satellite systems that create high-resolution, real-time 3D maps of Earth for disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical intelligence.

What you will do

• Develop reliable, low-latency embedded software for radar sensors, communication systems, and satellite flight control.
• Bring up Linux-based boards integrating radar sensors, flight computers, RF transceivers, and navigation sensors.
• Implement high-efficiency data movement across radar sensors, FPGA fabric, processors, networking interfaces, and storage.
• Develop safety-critical system software and fault detection, isolation, and recovery algorithms.
• Prototype and evaluate software architectures in collaboration with signal processing, hardware, and GNC engineers.
• Debug complex system-level issues spanning kernels, drivers, applications, and hardware components.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of embedded software experience.
• Experience with embedded systems and operating system concepts, including Linux or RTOS, BSPs, bootloaders, power management, or microcontrollers.
• Professional programming experience with C or C++ in embedded environments and Python for development, automation, and testing.
• Strong teamwork, communication, self-direction, and accountability in fast-paced environments.
• Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements for U.S. space technology work.

Nice to have

• Experience with aerospace, space, flight control, or GNC projects.
• Experience in regulated embedded industries such as automotive or medical robotics.
• Experience with FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX, VxWorks, custom SoCs, multi-processor boards, and ARM or RISC-V systems.
• Experience with UART, SPI, CSI-2, I2C, GPIO, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, TCP/IP, and embedded debugging tools.
• Ability to read and interpret schematic diagrams; a master’s degree is advantageous.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a satellite constellation and advanced radar technology designed for real-time Earth observation.
• Competitive compensation with flexibility between salary and equity.
• Engineering work spans hardware, signal processing, GNC, RF, and flight systems.
• Equal opportunity employment based on merit, competence, and qualifications.

Hiring process

• Interviews are conducted via Google Meet.
• The typical process takes approximately 2–4 weeks from start to finish.