Embedded Software Engineer, E-Space
$100-200k
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Office located in Saratoga, CA
Sustainable satellite network manufacturer
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Sustainable satellite network manufacturer
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$100-200k
More information about location
Office located in Saratoga, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make data universally available, secure and actionable anywhere on the planet.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Programming Languages: Proficiency in C, C++, and Python; familiarity with scripting languages like Shell or Bash
- Embedded Systems: Experience with microcontroller platforms (e.g., ARM Cortex, ESP32, STM32) and their toolchains
- IoT Protocols: Knowledge of IoT communication protocols and secure data transmission
- Testing Frameworks: Experience with testing tools and frameworks such as Robot Framework, Pytest, or Unity
- Power Management: Understanding of low-power design principles, energy-efficient algorithms, and power profiling tools
- Debugging Tools: Proficiency with debugging tools like JTAG, GDB, and serial debuggers
- Automation Tools: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar tools
- Version Control: Expertise with Git or similar version control systems
Desirable
- Experience with Yocto
- Familiarity with wireless communication technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, LoRa)
- Knowledge of hardware protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, and GPIO
- Experience with secure firmware updates (OTA) and bootloader development
- Familiarity with hardware simulation tools and mock environments for testing
- Knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize software for battery-operated IoT devices with a strong emphasis on testing automation
- The role involves developing low-level software, focusing on power efficiency, real-time performance, system reliability, and implementing robust testing frameworks
- You will also contribute to Board Support Packages (BSPs), kernel-level development, and platform integration
- Embedded Software Development: Design, write, debug, and maintain low-level software for embedded systems, including BSP and drivers
- Power Optimization: Implement algorithms and techniques to minimize power consumption for battery-operated devices
- Kernel and RTOS Development: Customize and optimize RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS) or Linux kernel components for embedded platforms
- IoT Integration: Develop secure and efficient communication protocols for IoT platforms (e.g., MQTT, BLE)
- Test Framework Development: Create and maintain automated testing frameworks for embedded systems, including unit, integration, and regression tests
- Support: Provide support for debugging of faulty boards
- Prototypes Testing: Testing of prototypes for early adopting customers
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): Implement HIL testing to validate software functionality and hardware interactions in real-time
- Continuous Integration (CI): Integrate automated testing pipelines with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
- Debugging and Validation: Use tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers to test and debug embedded software and hardware interfaces
- Hardware Interaction: Work closely with hardware teams to ensure seamless software-hardware integration and accurate testing scenarios
- Documentation: Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including testing procedures, logs, and reports for software and hardware validation
Our take
Designed with a vision to democratize space, E-Space will provide custom networks for companies and governments so that entities can access space without high costs but with zero trust topology for cybersecurity.
Critics will look for the cost this sort of project will have on the environment but E-Space has built sustainability into every aspect of the business. The satellites are designed to actively and sacrificially capture and deorbit small debris in space whilst the constellation will be launched into small cross sections to reduce vulnerability to collisions.
No doubt given founder, Greg Wyler’s entrepreneurial history, following the company’s ‘Beta 1’ launch of its test satellites as well as the second ‘Beta 2’ launch, with mass production planned for 2023. E-Space also acquired CommAgility and intends to integrate its source code into a network of potentially hundreds of thousands of connectivity satellites.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2022
$50m
SEED
Total funding: $50m
Company benefits
- Stock options
- Annual pay
- Free lunches
- Health benefits
- Opportunities to grow personally, and have a high impact on the lives of millions of people
Company HQ
Capitole de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Leadership
Greg Wyler
(CEO)Previously founded O3B and OneWeb. Holds over 35 patents related to the design, implementation, and use of satellite communications technology.
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