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Firmware Engineer

Northwood Space

Northwood Space

Software Engineering
El Segundo, CA, USA
Posted on Saturday, March 9, 2024

Role:

Come architect the embedded systems of our next-generation ground stations! You would have the opportunity to build a system from the ground up and work in a fast-paced team of hardware and firmware engineers to define requirements and get things done! We are aiming to build a scalable and secure platform on modern tooling. Experience with embedded Linux and security are a must. Come join us!

Responsibilities:

  • Custom Linux operating system for embedded device

  • Over-the-air update system

  • Security requirements and architecture

  • Kernel support for custom hardware

  • Framework of user-space applications

  • Collaboration with FPGA and hardware engineers on system architecture

Requirements:

  • Experience architecting embedded systems from scratch

  • Experience with security and key management

  • Expert in C and C++

  • 5+ years of experience

  • In-person in El Segundo

Nice to have:

  • Contributions to the linux kernel

  • Experience developing consumer devices

  • Experience in Rust