Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Linux​/Yocto; Aerospace & Defense

Overview

Our client is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer/Architect with strong Linux and real-time systems expertise. This role focuses on designing and developing embedded software for mission-critical RF, power-electronics, and communication systems used in ground, airborne, and space environments.

You will work across the full software lifecycle — from architecture and requirements through development, integration, verification, and qualifications while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Onsite | No Visa Sponsorship | Relocation Assistance:
Limited

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship within the engineering team.
• Participate in architecture reviews, risk assessments, and technical trade studies.
• Collaborate with RF, power electronics, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.
• Implement real-time control algorithms, thermal/power management, and fault-detection logic.
• Integrate embedded software with hardware accelerators such as FPGAs, GPUs, and NPUs.
• Contribute to technical documentation, configuration management, and engineering change control.
• Architect, design, and develop embedded Linux and real-time software for mission-critical systems.
• Develop low-level firmware and embedded C/C++ code for deterministic, safety-critical applications.
• Build and maintain embedded Linux distributions using Yocto Project and develop BSPs and device drivers.
• Support system-level integration, testing, verification, and qualification for aerospace/defense environments.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards (e.g., DO-178, MIL-STD, EMI/EMC, environmental requirements)

• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance (U.S. citizenship required)
• 3+ years of hands-on embedded software development experience.
• Expertise with real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS or VxWorks.
• Experience with communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, CAN, Modbus)
• Strong proficiency in C/C++, embedded Linux, BSP development, and device drivers.
• Background in embedded software for RF systems, power electronics, or control systems.
• Familiarity with aerospace/defense development environments and qualification processes.
• Experience with Yocto Project, Linux kernel/user-space integration, and embedded tool chains.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• Active security clearance.
• Experience integrating firmware with FPGAs, GPUs, or NPUs.
• Strong mathematical foundation (calculus, statistics, probability)
• Knowledge of DO-178, MIL-STD-882, or space-qualification workflows.
• Prior experience supporting customer-facing technical discussions or proposal efforts.
• Experience with digital predistortion (DPD), DSP algorithms, or adaptive control techniques.