Embedded Software Engineer
Department: Engineering
Location: Torrance, CA
Compensation: $125K – $140K • Offers Equity
Employment Type: FullTime
About Northwood:
Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in locations around the globe with real impact, we want you at Northwood.
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
Fix bugs and troubleshoot issues from internal/external customers
Framework of user-space applications
Collaboration with FPGA and hardware engineers on system architecture
Basic Qualifications:
2+ years of professional experience
Experience architecting embedded systems
Experience with security and key management
Experience with standard bus interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, USB)
Experience with embedded Linux environments (Yocto, Petalinux, etc...)
Familiarity with laboratory tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters
Preferred Qualifications
Contributions to the linux kernel
Experience with RTOS (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, etc...)
Experience developing consumer devices
Experience in Rust
Experience with networking
Additional Information:
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Northwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Northwood is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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