Senior Embedded Software Engineer

A Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Ursa Major is expected to own and inform major system decisions at every phase of the design life cycle for our products. You will work within a small team to ensure that our flight software pushes the limits of what is possible with respect to reliability and functionality to enable our engines to be the best in class. You will need to be driven, detail-oriented, and focused to support efforts to continually improve our engines and respond to quick development programs while guaranteeing the high performance and maintainability of our products.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy embedded software for rocket engines in all stages of development and production 
• Communicate with members of the Ursa Major team from many disciplines to provide insight on reliability, scope, and trade-offs of new and existing software features  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• 5+ years developing C/C++ applications for embedded systems, including ARM, SoC, and FPGA softcore processors
• Experience working with RTOS and/or Linux kernel code 
• Must have experience developing, testing, and deploying safety-critical, high reliability, and fault tolerant flight software 
• Experience with hardware-level software and firmware development (timers, interrupts, communication protocols, ADCs, etc) 
• Experience working with electronic hardware, reading schematics, and using hardware debugging equipment 
• Experience maintaining embedded software in a production environment 
• Experience in defining software development strategies and plans
• Ability to work effectively in teams or individually 
• Ability to be self-directed and balance several tasks at one time

Desirable Experience

• DO-178 or NASA safety software design and verification experience
• Experience working with automated build and test
• Experience developing tests for hardware in the loop (HIL) environment 
• Working knowledge of HDL and FPGA operation

Benefits Include:

• Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
• Paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave
• Medical, dental and vision insurance; STD; Life and AD&D
• Retirement Savings Plan - Traditional 401(k) and a Roth 401(k)
• Company stock options

Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation of this role, which is a minimum of $140,000, with a capped salary determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy. Click here for more information about our awesome benefits.