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Redwire Space Components is looking for a Junior Level, Embedded Software Engineer to join our team in Marlborough, MA. This is a great opportunity for someone early in their career who has completed at least six months of hands-on internship experience in an embedded software development environment. In this role, you’ll work closely with experienced engineers to develop and test embedded software for high-reliability space systems.
Responsibilities
- Work with software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to help develop software solutions that meet system requirements
- Participate in software analysis activities, including static and dynamic testing
- Assist in creating and maintaining software documentation such as requirements and design descriptions
- Use the Xilinx Vitis software platform to build, load, test, and debug software on Zynq‑7000 SoCs or Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs systems
- Help identify and integrate software components, including internal libraries or approved open-source solutions
- Contribute to Agile development tasks by helping define, organize, and estimate work needed for each task
- Support software testing activities in collaboration with SQA, including test planning and integration
- Document your work clearly and accurately for the engineering team
- Share and discuss your design ideas with other engineers and, when needed, customers
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- At least 6 months of embedded software internship or co-op experience
- Familiarity with embedded Linux or an RTOS environment (experience with FreeRTOS is a plus)
- Basic understanding of software development workflows, including version control (Git experience preferred)
- Some exposure to operating system fundamentals such as schedulers, memory management, or device interfaces
- Experience programming in C or C++
- Willingness to learn, take on new challenges, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team
- US Citizenship required
- Some limited travel may be required
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Interest or familiarity with the Xilinx Vitis development environment
- Experience or exposure to hardware interface protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, CSI, or Ethernet
- Understanding of Agile methodologies
- Exposure to RTOS or embedded Linux device drivers or bootloaders
- Experience or coursework related to image processing or camera-based sensing systems
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Jenkins, or Doxygen
- Experience with microcontrollers or YOCTO is helpful but not required
$85,500/yr. - $150,000/yr.
Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.
Don’t meet every single requirement above? No worries. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team. We strive to build a diverse and inclusive culture, so if you’re excited about this job posting, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here
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