Senior Firmware Engineer, Space Embedded Systems
Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering
Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Senior Firmware Engineer on Anduril's Space team, responsible for architecture and deployment of firmware solutions for on-orbit spacecraft operations and mission management, with focus on low-level firmware development, interfaces to multi-modal payloads, and collaboration across multiple teams to support DoD and IC customers.
Responsibilities
- Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase.
- Own complex firmware features of an embedded system to enable delivery of end-to-end mission systems.
- Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries.
- Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with electrical engineering team.
- Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
- Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages.
Qualifications
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering.
- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements.
- Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight.
- Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material.
- 8+ years of experience in firmware/embedded software development, with a focus on embedded systems.
- Strong C coding ability for embedded systems
- Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
- Experience developing firmware in bare-metal or RTOS environments
- Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers
- Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
- Solid experience with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
- Experience with ARM microcontroller cores.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Skills
Required:C programmingEmbedded systemsMicrocontroller integrationBare-metal/RTOS
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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