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Sophia Space

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Pasadena, CA · On-site

$112K - $153K/yr

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Avionics / Platform Interface) Level: Engineer IV Location: In Person We are seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to develop and integrate flight-critical ...

Gates

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Rochester Hills, MI · On-site

$112K - $130K/yr

Position Summary We are seeking a skilled Embedded Firmware Engineer with a strong foundation in ... Bonus Eligible: 10% * Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and other voluntary benefit options ...

Videndum

Embedded Firmware Engineer III

Cary, NC · On-site

$101K - $138K/yr

Embedded Firmware Engineer III Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Embedded Firmware Engineer III to develop embedded firmware for professional battery, power, and LED lighting products ...

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Vatn Systems

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Bristol, RI · On-site

$107K - $147K/yr

The Role We are looking for a talented and motivated Embedded Firmware Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain the bare-metal and RTOS firmware that ...

Vatn Systems

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Bristol, RI

$107K - $147K/yr

The Role We are looking for a talented and motivated Embedded Firmware Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain the bare-metal and RTOS firmware that ...

V2X

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Indianapolis, IN · On-site

$98K - $134K/yr

V2X is seeking a talented Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (T03) to join our Embedded Solutions team within the Engineering Solutions organization. Embedded Solutions is a cross-disciplinary core ...

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As of Aug 21, 2026, the average yearly pay for volunteer embedded firmware engineer in the United States is $122,008.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $103,000.00 and $141,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Volunteer Embedded Firmware Engineer vs Embedded Software Developer?

AspectVolunteer Embedded Firmware EngineerEmbedded Software Developer
CredentialsRelevant technical skills, certifications optionalTypically requires a degree in computer science or related field
Work EnvironmentNon-profit, open-source projects, or hobbyist settingsCorporate, startup, or product development environments
Industry UsageUsed in community projects, research, or non-profit initiativesUsed in commercial product development and manufacturing
Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding volunteer opportunities or hobbyist rolesExploring career or job opportunities in embedded systems

The Volunteer Embedded Firmware Engineer typically works on non-profit or hobbyist projects, focusing on firmware development without formal employment. In contrast, an Embedded Software Developer is usually employed by companies to develop embedded software for commercial products. While both roles require embedded programming skills, the context and expectations differ significantly.

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Embedded Firmware Engineer

Sophia Space

Pasadena, CA • On-site

$112K - $153K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 5 days ago

Job description

Sophia Space is a venture-backed deep technology company building high-performance, energy-efficient computing systems designed to operate in orbit. Our work sits at the intersection of aerospace systems, advanced computing, and applied physics, supporting early customers and partners across defense, intelligence, and commercial space markets.
We are currently at the Seed stage, scaling our engineering organization and lab infrastructure as we move from technical validation into early commercial deployments. The company is headquartered in California, with primary engineering and lab operations based in Southern California. Over the coming year, Sophia will continue expanding its team, maturing internal systems, and relocating to a new lab facility during the summer.
Team: Tile Development Team
Hiring Authority: VP of Engineering
Role / Title: Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Avionics / Platform Interface)
Level: Engineer IV
Location: In Person
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to develop and integrate flight-critical embedded software for Sophia Space's avionics systems and Tile platform. This role requires deep hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, low-level firmware development, and close collaboration across avionics hardware, systems, and software teams.
This is a highly technical, execution-driven role in a fast-moving startup environment. You will be responsible for bringing new avionics hardware boards from first power-on through stable, flight-ready operation, while ensuring firmware interfaces and drivers integrate cleanly with Jetson-based compute nodes and higher-level platform software. The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on experience writing bootloaders, BSPs, and HALs; reading schematics; probing signals on the bench; and designing resilient embedded software that operates autonomously in constrained, mission-critical environments
Location & Eligibility
This position is primarily in-person in Pasadena, California, with occasional hybrid flexibility based on business needs.
This position requires access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control laws. To comply with applicable ITAR and EAR regulations, applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person, as defined under those regulations. U.S. Persons generally include U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and certain protected individuals as defined by applicable law.
Primary Responsibilities
  • Design and implement bootloaders, BSPs, HALs, and low-level device drivers tightly coupled to custom avionics hardware.
  • Bring up new ARM-based flight boards from first power-on through stable firmware operation, working directly from schematics and hardware documentation
  • Build firmware using bare-metal and/or RTOS architectures with deterministic timing and fault tolerance.
  • Develop low-level flight firmware as part of system fault tolerance to, including command and telemetry handling, health monitoring, FDIR, safe-mode behavior, and autonomous recovery.
  • Customize and integrate Jetson Linux platforms, including boot chain, device tree, kernel bring-up, and MCU to Jetson interfaces.
  • Debug and resolve hardware-software integration issues, collaborating closely with avionics and systems engineers through test and flight readiness.
  • Implement and validate power sequencing, reset handling, watchdogs, interrupt
  • handling, DMA, and linker configurations.
  • Customize and integrate Jetson Linux platforms, including boot chain configuration, device tree updates, kernel bring-up, and MCU-to-Jetson interfaces.
  • Debug and resolve hardware-software integration issues using JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench tools.
  • Collaborate closely with avionics hardware, systems, and mission teams through integration testing, protoflight activities, and flight readiness reviews.
  • Develop and maintain MCU-side firmware supporting power, thermal, communications, and telemetry functions.
  • Support and evolve redundant communication paths (e.g., dual CAN) for coordination, monitoring, and fault tolerance. Define, document, and maintain stable firmware interfaces consumed by higher-level platform software.
  • Partner with software engineers to ensure firmware behavior aligns with system-level requirements and operational constraints.
  • Contribute to embedded build automation, reproducibility, and test infrastructure where appropriate.

Required Skills
  • 7+ years of hands-on embedded firmware development experience in the aerospace, robotics, automotive, or other safety- or mission-critical systems environments.
  • Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems.
  • Strong experience with ARM Cortex-M (M4/M5/M7 or similar) architectures.
  • Proven experience developing bootloaders, BSPs, HALs, and hardware-facing device drivers.
  • Demonstrated ability to bring up new hardware from schematics to working firmware.
  • Strong understanding of power sequencing, resets, watchdogs, interrupts, DMA, and linker scripts.
  • Hands-on debugging experience with JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
  • Experience working with embedded Linux systems (Jetson or similar platforms)
  • Ability to operate independently and take full ownership in a startup environment

Desired Skills
  • Familiarity with flight software architectures and fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) concepts.
  • Experience with RTOS environments such as FreeRTOS, RTEMS, RTLinux, or Embassy
  • Experience with radiation-tolerant or space-grade MCUs
  • Familiarity with embedded communication protocols such as CAN, RS485, SPI, I2C, UART, SpaceWire, or CCSDS telemetry systems
  • Experience with secure boot, image signing, and in-field firmware update strategies
  • Experience to CI/CD pipeline or automated build environments for embedded systems
  • Experience with supporting protoflight or flight hardware and design reviews

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