Flight Firmware Engineer

Matter Intelligence • El Segundo, CA

54d • Onsite

About The Position

About Matter Intelligence Welcome to Matter, where we are building the future of vision AI: pairing a world-first sensor that sees molecular chemistry, temperature, and 3D shape with a Large World Model that will be the most powerful intelligence engine for the physical world. This system doesn't just see what something looks like; it understands everything from a single pixel. We call this Superintelligent Vision. Our team has delivered technologies to Mars for NASA/JPL, designed advanced sensors for U.S. Defense, and built core infrastructure at OpenAI. We are now building the next generation of space- and airborne-based sensing systems. About the Role Matter is hiring a Flight Firmware Engineer to develop the low-level software that connects our sensing hardware to reliable airborne and spaceborne operations. This role will work closely with payload electronics, flight software, systems, test, and operations through board bring-up, integration, qualification, and flight.

Requirements

• Experience developing and debugging embedded software close to hardware.
• Strong understanding of processors, peripherals, communication interfaces, timing, memory, and real-time behavior.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up, laboratory debugging, automated testing, and version-controlled software development.
• Ability to work across firmware, electronics, flight software, systems engineering, and test disciplines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with aerospace, avionics, robotics, sensing, or other mission-critical embedded systems.
• Experience with real-time operating environments, programmable logic interfaces, or high-throughput sensor data paths.
• Familiarity with environmental qualification, fault-tolerant design, and flight anomaly response.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded firmware, device drivers, and hardware-control interfaces for sensing payload electronics.
• Support board bring-up, peripheral integration, command and telemetry paths, timing, and fault handling.
• Translate system and hardware requirements into testable firmware behavior and clear interfaces with flight software.
• Build unit, integration, and hardware-in-the-loop tests and support environmental and flight qualification activities.
• Diagnose issues using logs, instrumentation, and test data; document root causes and implement reliable corrective actions.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Early-stage equity package
• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision coverage
• Opportunity to work on novel sensing, data, and AI systems with real-world deployment paths to the largest industries in the world

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed