Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Kapta Space is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to lead the complete lifecycle development, including development, testing, and support of the radar operation, data collection, storage and processing. Kapta Space is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with experience in mission-critical software development that have the drive and experience to complete projects independently and on time.

Role

• Assist multi-disciplinary team in creating software requirements
• Architect, design, and implement embedded firmware for our Radar Sensor
• Work collaboratively with radar algorithm, hardware, FPGA and mechanical engineers to build reliable, embedded firmware for the payload
• Assist in Hardware-aware optimizations of algorithms targeting Embedded Processors, Edge Compute, and ground-based servers
• Evaluate implementation/maintenance, complexity and resource requirements (compute, memory, power). Produce trade-studies to support decision making
• Generate test plans and methods to test software on hardware platforms so that they meet end-user needs/expectations.
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly growing team

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in engineering, computer science, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in embedded firmware development (ideally radar)
• Good understanding of one or more of the following: Board Support Package, Operating Systems, Bootloader, Microcontrollers deployed in satellite systems
• Comfortable with Git, CI, Code Reviews, and Version Control and organized enough to be productive in a lean startup environment
• Experience with C/C++

Bonus if candidates have experience and skills in the following areas:

• Experience with multi-threaded system concepts including tasks, priorities, and deadlocks
• Embedded firmware debugging experience including clock level issues, interrupts, and hardware interfaces
• Experience with embedded designs with multiple processors and peripheral interfaces (SPI, UART, GPIO, I2C, Ethernet)
• Experience implementing efficient, low latency data movement between FPGAs, processors, storage devices, and networking interfaces
• Working knowledge of networking stacks (Ethernet, TCP/IP)
• Ability to read schematic diagrams
• Ability to gain and hold a TS security clearance

Concerned you do not meet all the requirements? Not a problem - please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.