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Contractor - Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Redwire Space
Littleton, CO Contractor
POSTED ON 2/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025

Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented, curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanity’s expansion into space.    Through continuous innovation and operational excellence our teams in Littleton, CO are using their engineering talents to design and deploy, Power Distribution, Embedded Monitoring and Control, Power Conversion, lighting, and Camera based solutions. These cutting-edge capabilities are helping to revolutionize spaceflight. With many more exciting projects on the horizon, our team could use your curiosity, passion, talent and experience to help us Build Above

Summary

Redwire Space has a current opportunity in our  Littleton, CO office for an experienced Temporary, Embedded Software Engineer (will consider all Senior Levels), for a period of up to 6 months.  In this role you will be developing highly reliable SoC / SoM / FPGA firmware for Redwire developed power management systems, flight camera, camera controller, and star tracker hardware. This highly visible role is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional individual to become integral to the development of our space navigation and payload products.  The ideal candidate will be motivated, positive, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Work with software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to propose and develop software solution(s) to meet system specifications including performance requirements
  • Work with the team to author / conduct software static and dynamic analysis
  • Work with the team to draft and release relevant software documentation such as requirements specifications, design specifications, and design documents
  • Identify and acquire necessary software components to address requirements including in-house prior art, commercial IP, and selective open-source solutions that have acceptable quality and license provisions
  • Collaborate on the development of Agile Epics & Stories to meet project objectives
  • Create, organize, and estimate tasks required to meet story objectives including verification and / or demonstration
  • Collaborate with SQA on test concepts, plans, and integration of testing into the development cycle
  • Effectively document software designs
  • Present and defend software solutions to other Engineers and customers (as required)
  • Work cross functionally on projects with other teams across Redwire Space
  • Some occasional travel may be required

Ideal Experience

  • BS / MS Degree in CS, CE, EE, Math or related field
  • A minimum of 8 or more years of experience building and shipping high reliability embedded systems using embedded Linux
  • Background in software development process, experience using the Gitflow workflow model
  • Experience with development tools including Atlassian and Jenkins automation
  • Previous work experience with operating systems fundamentals such as schedulers, network stack, file system & memory management
  • Experienced in software architecture, memory mapping, caching, DMA, interrupts
  • Experience with SoC / SoM / FPGA system design for hardware interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Camera Sensor Interface (CSI) & Ethernet
  • User and proponent of Agile methods
  • Proficiency in C, C
  • US Citizenship required
  • Desired Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience with RTOS and / or Embedded Linux device drivers and bootloaders.
  • Experience in image processing for camera-based sensor applications
  • Experienced Python
  • Experienced with Microcontrollers
  • Experienced with JavaScript and or React
  • Experience with the YOCTO environment
  • Experience with Doxygen or other documentation generator tool
  • Salary Range : $67.00 to $95.00 per hour

    Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration!  We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.

    Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire 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.

    All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.  Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.

    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. Learn more about the ITARClick Here

    Salary : $67 - $95

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