About AdAstra:
AdAstra Talent Acquisition is a boutique firm which partners with elite aerospace start-ups to headhunt for their most critical technical roles.
This role is with a confidential client company based in Los Angeles, CA.
NOTE: we have other clients in LA and in Denver that are also looking for this skillset so please apply even for those here as well!
About our Client:
This company was founded under the belief that manufacturing in zero-gravity is critical to unlocking new materials and products.
With rockets becoming reusable, they believe the next fundamental step in the commercialization of the cosmos is using microgravity to manufacture high value materials that require microgravity and deliver them home to Earth-sized markets.
They are actively working on spacecraft and technologies to make this possible and expand humanity’s manufacturing capabilities.
As a Sr.
Embedded Systems/Firmware Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing software/firmware solutions to help the company eliminate the strain on Earth’s resources for manufacturing.
You will lead, influence, and collaborate on safety critical software and firmware applications.
You will be expected to have a high level of ownership from end-to-end from concept to production.
We are seeking Software/Firmware Engineers excited by this opportunity.
If this sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
Perform and lead the software and firmware development, testing, and implementation on flight computers, navigation sensors, and other remote hardware.
Develop algorithms capable of meeting and exceeding safety requirements.
Ensure system quality and performance through rigorous testing, verification and validation (V&V) for safety critical environments.
Collaborate with other engineers and apply critical thinking
Partner with hardware teams and software to develop requirements needed to meet the needs of our space capabilities
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 5 years of experience developing embedded firmware in C or C++
Fluency in C programming, including knowledge of object files, linker, preprocessor, and various cross compilers
Experience with networked distributed systems and concurrency
Low level knowledge of microcontrollers (bus architecture, clock trees, power management, DMA, registers, timers)
Experience with version control such as Git
Strong working knowledge of python
Experience designing high reliability or safety critical systems
Experience designing unit tests, automated hardware tests, and integration tests
Experience with one or more real time operating systems
Comfortable with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, communications protocols (CAN, I2C, SPI)
Strong electrical fundamentals and ability to read schematics, datasheets and dense documentation
Preferred Skills and Requirements:
Proven design of working mixed signal electrical systems
Experience with aerospace communication technologies such as CCSDS telemetry and telecommands, CANaerospace, SpaceWire
Knowledge of bootloaders, packet formats and low level bit wrangling
Logistical Requirements:
Must be a U.S.
citizen or permanent resident (current Green Card holder) or be granted status as a “protected person” under 8 U.S.C.
1324b(a)(3).
This role will be located in Los Angeles, CA.
Benefits:
Unlimited PTO
– Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
Paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave
Medical, dental and vision insurance; STD; Life and AD&D
Retirement Savings Plan
– Traditional 401(k) and a Roth 401(k)
Company stock options
Working with top professionals in the industry
+ More awesome benefits