# Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Join a team where your impact reaches beyond the stars! At Terran Orbital, you’re not just part of the system - you’re a vital force propelling our mission forward. As trailblazers in satellite manufacturing and aerospace innovation, we shatter boundaries daily to deliver groundbreaking solutions that power our nation’s defense and commercial missions. We are a unique, fast growing, and trusted team dedicated to swiftly and efficiently designing, building, launching, and operating state of the art satellites for advanced mission constellations. If you’re driven by purpose, inspired by challenges, and ready to leave your mark on the universe, you’ll find a home and endless opportunities for growth here. Together, let’s redefine what is possible in orbit and beyond! Terran Orbital is seeking an experiencedPrincipal Embedded Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. Reporting to the Embedded Software & FPGA Manager, the Principal Embedded Software Engineer will lead the architecture, development, and integration of embedded software across multiple satellite programs, ensuring robust, reliable, and high-performance mission solutions. Key Duties and Responsibilities Develop and maint

- **Id**: 3786177
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/terran-orbital-principal-embedded-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Irvine, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:56:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T19:28:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7104
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible time off, Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 2287085
- **Name**: Terran Orbital
- **Domain**: terranorbital.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/terranorbital>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 26
- **Ghost share**: 0.308
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 175000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 230000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **FreeRTOS** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no
- **Bash** — Optional: yes
- **C** — Optional: yes
- **GCC** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T03:42:55Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 95
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.946
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:2, urgency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 230000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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