Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Heaviside Industries • Marina Del Rey, CA

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About The Position

Heaviside Industries is hiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to develop software for autonomous precision munitions and related systems. The role involves writing robust C, C++, and Python for resource-constrained, real-time environments on Linux and RTOS targets, and working with electrical, mechanical, RF, and systems engineers to move capabilities from prototype to production. The engineer will develop and maintain embedded software, mission software, and supporting ground tools; build and validate hardware interfaces; and support simulation, testing, integration, and field-test activities. The position also contributes to code review, continuous integration, and practical documentation within a small, fast-moving team.

Heaviside conducts engineering and manufacturing in-house at its Los Angeles, California headquarters and Oslo, Norway office. The company builds systems intended to operate in GPS-denied and spectrum-jammed environments.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++, with practical Python experience for tooling, automation, or system integration.
• Hands-on experience with embedded Linux and/or real-time operating systems, cross-compilation, and debugging at the hardware/software boundary.
• Knowledge of common hardware interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, and Ethernet, along with network programming fundamentals.
• Experience integrating sensors, radios, actuators, or other hardware into a production or field-tested system.
• Experience with Git, code review, and collaborative software-development workflows.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity in a small, fast-moving team.
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62).

Nice To Haves

• Nix or NixOS experience, particularly with reproducible development or deployment environments.
• Ability to use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and serial-console tooling.
• Experience with autonomy, robotics, controls, estimation, navigation, signal processing, communications software, or ROS.
• Experience with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, automated test infrastructure, or hardware bring-up.
• Experience developing SDKs, libraries, or interfaces used by other engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Write robust C, C++, and Python for resource-constrained, real-time environments on Linux and RTOS targets.
• Work with electrical, mechanical, RF, and systems engineers to take capabilities from prototype to production.
• Design, implement, and maintain software for autonomous systems, including embedded software, mission software, and supporting ground tools.
• Build and own software interfaces to sensors, radios, actuators, cameras, and other hardware, and validate them on the bench and in the field.
• Develop simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and automated test infrastructure.
• Support integration campaigns and field-test events, debug live hardware, and turn findings into fixes.
• Contribute to code review, continuous integration, and pragmatic documentation.

Benefits

• Eligible full-time hires may receive long-term incentives in the form of stock options.
• Medical coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

What This Job Offers

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