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Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Space Kinetic

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Sep 5, 2025
El Segundo, CA, US
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Space Kinetic is looking to deliver a suite of asymmetric capabilities for space superiority and missile defense leveraging its proprietary electromechanical deployment system

Requirements

  • Extensive programming experience in C and an object-oriented programming language, preferably C++.
  • Experience in embedded systems design with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems (experience with real-time Linux is desirable).
  • Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
  • Excellent knowledge of real-time system coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces, and hardware subsystems.
  • Excellent understanding of multi-threaded applications and resource management.
  • Experience with API design for interfacing with FPGAs.
  • Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting of embedded hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement software for embedded devices and systems, from requirements to production and commercial deployment.
  • Design, develop, code, test, debug and document system software.
  • Review code and system designs.
  • Analyze code for efficiency, stability and scalability.
  • Integrate and validate new product designs.
  • Support software quality assurance and optimize I/O performance.
  • Develop reliable, simple, and performant embedded applications.

Other

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
  • Minimum of 11 years of industry experience in software development.
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder).
  • Ability to maintain or obtain a Government Security Clearance is required.
  • Domestic travel may be required (up to ~20% of the year)