Top Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Designs, integrates, tests, debugs, and documents embedded real-time software for satellite systems. Responsibilities include hardware and flight software integration, cyber vulnerability analysis, cyber monitoring algorithm development, software safety and assurance, automated build and testing pipelines, and custom development tools. The engineer collaborates with flight software and product security teams to deliver reliable products on schedule and within cost targets.

Embedded Software Engineering Intern developing Rust systems software for Linux userspace and integrating industrial hardware. Responsibilities include building hardware abstraction layers, communicating with sensors and controllers, debugging across software and hardware, using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes, writing tests, and participating in code reviews. The role offers hands-on experience with low-level programming, communication protocols, reliability, and safety-critical systems.

Develop mission-critical embedded C++ software for Linux-based radio systems supporting space and defense missions. Responsibilities include hardware bring-up, system architecture, FPGA and RF interface integration, automated hardware-in-the-loop testing, troubleshooting, and customer integration. The role collaborates with software, hardware, DSP, and FPGA engineers and requires C/C++, Linux or microcontroller experience, with preferred experience in networking, RF, Xilinx MPSoC, FPGA development, Python, build systems, and CI.

Develop and test mission-critical C++ embedded software for Linux-based space and defense systems. Responsibilities include RF driver development, FPGA interfaces, fault-tolerant recovery, hardware bring-up, schematic review, automated hardware-in-the-loop testing, and customer integration. The role also involves debugging RF links and embedded platforms, supporting flight-system deployments, and collaborating across hardware and software domains.

Own embedded firmware for cloud-seeding vehicles, including flight controllers, power systems, sensors, payloads, and onboard Linux interfaces. Responsibilities span architecture, board bring-up, drivers, communication protocols, safety mechanisms, testing, releases, field deployment, and troubleshooting. The role partners with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and flight operations teams to deliver reliable vehicle systems.

Own embedded firmware for cloud-seeding vehicles, including flight controllers, power systems, sensors, payloads, board bring-up, hardware integration, communication protocols, safety and recovery behavior, testing, release workflows, and field support. Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and flight operations teams to deliver reliable vehicle systems from architecture through deployment.

Develop and maintain embedded platform software for Starshield spacecraft and ground systems, including Linux, Buildroot, U-Boot, secure boot, device drivers, and board-level firmware. Collaborate with electrical, FPGA, and application software teams from prototype development through on-orbit operations. Support testing, continuous integration, deployment, monitoring, and full software lifecycle ownership.

Develop and integrate embedded software for ground antenna systems, including motors, actuators, sensors, and other electromechanical components. Build low-level communication interfaces, automate testing, troubleshoot integrated systems, and support field deployment. Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, RF, and software engineers to deliver reliable ground-station capabilities.

Develop and maintain PX4 autopilot firmware for UAVs, integrating sensors and payloads, and managing testing environments. Collaborate on flight operations and system integration.

Design and develop embedded software, RF systems, test infrastructure, and automation for Starshield satellite payloads. Build and validate RF test benches using specialized laboratory equipment, collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, and software teams, research novel satellite RF solutions, and create electromagnetic simulation models. The role supports design validation, qualification, production, and national security missions.

Develop and integrate embedded Linux software, device drivers, libraries, kernels, bootloaders, and Yocto-based distributions for space and airborne platforms. Support the full software lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, testing, qualification, deployment, and in-orbit support. Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, firmware, and systems engineers on board bring-up and system integration, while contributing to design reviews and technical documentation.

Design, develop, test, and maintain mission-critical embedded flight software for satellite systems. Responsibilities include device drivers, processor peripherals, onboard control algorithms, fault handling, hardware/software integration, and unit through system-level testing. The engineer collaborates with systems, hardware, test, and operations teams, supports spacecraft commissioning and early mission operations, and owns software throughout its lifecycle.

Develop and test embedded firmware and software for battery-electric locomotive control systems. Responsibilities include C/C++ and Python development, industrial HMI design, Linux configuration, communication protocols, high-voltage control algorithms, SCADA and MQTT integration, safety-critical validation, and system testing. The role collaborates with electrical and mechanical engineering teams across laboratory and field environments.

Lead the design and implementation of guidance and navigation software for clean-sheet UAS airframes. Develop real-time embedded software, integrate hardware interfaces, drivers, firmware, and sensor systems, and support airframe design, flight-hardware integration, testing, and verification. The role requires extensive microcontroller, Linux, autopilot, flight-dynamics, and software-development experience, with full-time onsite work in Hawthorne, California.

Develop firmware and embedded software for complex electromechanical consumer products from prototyping through production. Design and interpret electronics schematics and PCBs, troubleshoot hardware and software, collaborate with engineering, design, manufacturing, QA, and external vendors, and support validation, reliability, safety, and product integration activities.

Develop and debug embedded Linux systems, low-level firmware, drivers, bootloaders, and control loops for robotic telescopes and space computing platforms. Bring up cameras, sensors, and communication peripherals; perform hardware debugging, soldering, wiring, prototype assembly, and test-rig setup. Conduct component characterization and longevity testing, analyze results, and participate in design and code reviews while collaborating with electrical and mechanical engineering teams.

Develop and maintain low-level flight software for satellite avionics, including processor peripherals, communication interfaces, device drivers, onboard control algorithms, and fault-response logic. Integrate software with spacecraft hardware, support testing and commissioning, and contribute to avionics design from prototyping through manufacturing and flight operations.

Develop and maintain embedded flight software for satellite avionics, including processor peripherals, device drivers, onboard control algorithms, fault handling, and communication interfaces. Integrate software with spacecraft hardware, support testing and commissioning, and contribute to avionics system design through flight deployment.

Develop, test, document, and deploy embedded Linux software and firmware for rocket avionics, network switch, and camera platforms. Responsibilities include hardware and platform bring-up, networking and video integration, debugging across kernels, drivers, hardware, and applications, validation, performance tuning, architecture improvements, and field troubleshooting. The role collaborates with hardware, systems, and platform teams to deliver reliable, high-performance software for safety-critical aerospace systems.

Own firmware and low-level software for a compact edge AI device deployed on vehicles. Develop C/C++ embedded systems, computer vision firmware, BLE and cellular communications, sensor integrations, low-power architectures, device communication protocols, OTA updates, diagnostics, and hardware bring-up. Collaborate across hardware, computer vision, and cloud teams while supporting system validation and production scaling through EVT, DVT, and PVT cycles.

Serve as the technical authority for embedded software engineering, defining architectures, advancing methodologies, and resolving complex hardware-software integration challenges. Design, implement, test, debug, document, integrate, and validate embedded systems from requirements through production and deployment. Review code and designs, optimize performance, assess third-party software, support quality assurance, and provide post-production and in-orbit customer support while collaborating with software, hardware, electrical, systems, quality, and test teams.

Develop and port embedded Linux applications, device drivers, libraries, kernel customizations, bootloaders, and tailored Linux distributions. Maintain Yocto-based build systems and CI/CD pipelines, deploy software images, and support hardware bring-up, system integration, testing, qualification, and in-orbit operations. Collaborate with hardware, systems, firmware, and FPGA engineers while contributing to architecture, design reviews, documentation, and technical proposals.

Develop embedded software for MANET radios and advanced communications systems. Responsibilities include MAC and routing protocols, network management, security and encryption features, audio applications, device drivers, board support packages for ARM and RISC-V, Linux customization, testing software, and product security compliance with standards such as NIST FIPS 140-3 and NIAP Common Criteria.

Design and implement high-performance, 3GPP-compliant 5G Core control- and user-plane functions on ARM-based embedded Linux. Develop in C/Go/Rust, use DPDK for packet processing, optimize latency/throughput, debug protocol and performance issues, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate carrier-grade systems.

Lead development of embedded rover autonomy software for lunar missions, including classical perception, navigation, vehicle control, sensor drivers, hazard avoidance, and safety-critical fault recovery. Own the capability from system requirements and architecture through coding, testing, field deployment, and flight operations. Collaborate with scientists, engineers, product management, and program management to deliver robust autonomous exploration systems.