Software Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Location: Onsite in the Greater Seattle Area, WA, or Bay Area, CA; a temporary remote-work exception is available while the local site is developed. Relocation assistance is available, and travel may be required up to 10% of the time.

Base pay: $164,652.00–$230,512.80 annually for California and Washington applicants; other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable space vehicles and systems and is building TeraWave, a multi-orbit satellite communications network for high-speed connectivity.

What you will do

• Design and develop multi-threaded embedded software in C/C++ for Linux, RTOS, and bare-metal platforms running on multi-core SoCs.
• Implement device drivers and control, management, and data-plane functions for satellite RF transceivers, antenna systems, optical systems, customer terminals, and ground gateway terminals.
• Integrate software with hardware systems in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Document designs, participate in code reviews, and troubleshoot using telemetry, logs, traces, instrumentation, and software and hardware debugging tools.
• Improve embedded software testing and troubleshooting practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, test and data analysis automation, and TDD.
• Lead development efforts and mentor junior software engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of embedded software development experience in C/C++ for Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal platforms.
• Strong C++ object-oriented design and implementation skills.
• Hands-on embedded debugging experience with tools such as JTAG, SWD, CoreSight, Lauterbach/Trace32, J-Link, or J-Trace.
• Experience with standard peripherals including SPI, I3C, I2C, PCIe, and CAN, plus CI/CD, automated testing, TDD, and Agile or Scaled Agile methodologies.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD and 5+ years of embedded software development experience in mission-critical systems.
• Linux networking and inter-core or inter-processor communications using high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet, Interlaken, or JESD.
• Experience with satellite communications, space-based networks, cellular wireless, or terrestrial telecommunications.
• Experience developing drivers for proprietary or merchant silicon.
• Formal verification experience and knowledge of radiation-hardened computing environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5% and an Education Support Program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off and up to 14 company-paid holidays.