Staff Embedded Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Irvine, California, United States; office-based role

Salary: $160,000–$190,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global manufactures satellite products and provides end-to-end satellite solutions for aerospace, defense, civil, and commercial missions.

What you will do

• Develop, architect, and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant embedded software for satellite modules and payloads.
• Lead and mentor junior software engineers and serve as technical lead for multiple satellite programs.
• Define and refine software requirements with cross-functional engineering teams and represent the company in technical working groups and customer interactions.
• Create unit tests using Test Driven Development and automate system-level testing.
• Build software for imagers, image processors, communication devices, and astronomical science instruments.
• Integrate and test software in simulation, flight-replica, flight-vehicle, and hardware-in-the-loop environments; travel to customer or vendor sites up to 10%.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience developing C/C++ applications for embedded, high-performance, or mission-critical systems.
• Experience with bare-metal and/or RTOS-based designs, including FreeRTOS, internal schedulers, or embedded Linux.
• Deep understanding of microcontroller architectures, peripheral subsystems, low-level interfaces, and serial protocols such as CAN, RS-232/422/485, I2C, SPI, and PCI.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, hardware debuggers, and other embedded test equipment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, autonomy, responsibility, and thoroughness.
• Must be a U.S. Person or lawful permanent resident, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations; a security clearance or eligibility may be required.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may substitute.
• Experience with ARM and Texas Instruments platforms, Linux, GNU toolchains, Bash, and Python.
• Knowledge of build pipelines, deployment processes, on-target testing, and SOLID design principles.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a professional office and manufacturing environment.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) matching, Flexible Time Off, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Education reimbursement and employee referral benefits.