CesiumAstro
Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer - SATCOM
$184K–$225K
Westminster, CO · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 30, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 12 years of industry experience in software development.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Designs, develops, tests, qualifies, and supports embedded software for satellite communications products, from low-level firmware and drivers through applications and user interfaces.
What you'll do
- Design and implement embedded software through production, including coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and design reviews.
- Integrate and validate products, analyze and optimize software performance, and interface with hardware engineers.
- Provide post-production and in-orbit customer support; contribute to proposals and customer design reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
- Minimum of 12 years of industry experience in software development.
- Hands-on embedded hardware development and troubleshooting, including API design for interfacing with FPGAs.
- Extensive C and object-oriented programming experience; experience with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with products for aerospace applications.
- Experience with ARM processors, fully-featured microcontrollers, or SDK development; ability to read electronics schematics and component data sheets.
Pay
USD 184,000–225,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary
Tools
C, C++, Linux, real-time Linux, FPGAs, ARM processors, microcontrollers, IP protocols
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