Senior Software Engineer, Embedded

Eleven Recruiting is seeking aSenior Software Engineer Embedded for one of our largest aerospace manufacturing clients located in Long Beach CA.

Responsibilities:

• Design implement and maintain embedded software in C for microcontrollers in rocket systems.
• Develop software on Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Integrate with low-level hardware interfaces: SPI I2C UART GPIO interrupts etc.
• Implement communication protocols such as UDP multicast Ethernet.
• Write clean efficient and testable code for real-time and safety-critical applications.
• Collaborate with hardware systems and test engineers to support full product development lifecycle.
• Participate in code reviews system design discussions and debugging sessions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our embedded software architecture and tools.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 4 years of experience developing embedded software with C or C.
• Experience with RTOS environments (FreeRTOS ThreadX VxWorks or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of microcontroller architectures and peripheral interfaces.
• Strong debugging and optimization skills for embedded systems.
• Comfortable working with hardware schematics and test equipment (logic analyzers power supplies oscilloscopes.
• Experience with Git CI/CD pipelines and modern software development practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with space-rated systems or launch vehicles.
• Familiarity with Python or scripting tools for automation and testing.
• Proficiency with networking protocols such as UDP Ethernet and multicast.
• Experience developing motor control software for brushless motors including FOC (Field-Oriented Control).
• Understanding of control theory especially PID tuning in embedded environments.