K2 Space
Senior Firmware Engineer, Vehicle
Seattle, WA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$160k-$220kDetected 20 days ago
RustC++Embedded SystemsHardware DesignActuators
About the role
- From initial hardware bring-up through fully integrated, flight-ready systems.
Responsibilities
- Create embedded software architecture for real-time, fault tolerant control of a 20kW+ spacecraft.
- Develop embedded software for new hardware integrated throughout the satellite.
- Scale embedded software across different satellite products by building software infrastructure and development processes.
- K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit.
- Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.
- With multiple launches planned through 2026 and 2027, we're Building Bigger to develop the solar system and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing embedded software in either Rust, C, or C++, targeting microcontrollers (ARM, RISC-V, or similar).
- Strong understanding of your favorite microcontroller's memory subsystem, instruction pipeline, interrupt and DMA controller.
- Experience collaborating with hardware engineering teams.
- Demonstrated ability to debug complex hardware/firmware issues.
- Experience using Rust in hard real-time systems, either bare-metal or RTOS environments.
- Experience with spacecraft flight software development.
- Experience maintaining embedded software across multiple product revisions.
- Experience with software verification and testing methods.
- Experience with software and network performance analysis and debugging.
- Experience with fault tolerant software design and implementation.
- Nice to haves
- Experience developing peripheral drivers without use of the vendor's software.
- Compensation and Benefits:
Compensation
- Salary will be based on several factors including,
Benefits
- Base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $220,000 + equity in the company
Company info
- Rowe Price, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alpine Space Ventures, and others - with an additional $500M in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers - we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.
- The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft.
- We are seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to develop and enhance low‑level embedded software across the satellite platform.
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