Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Kapta Space, a VC-funded early-stage startup in Seattle, WA, is breaking new ground in Geospatial Intelligence. Our technology centers around a proven, scalable electronically-steered radar for sophisticated spaceborne applications such as earth observation using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) techniques, as well as enabling advanced defense missions such as target tracking on the ground and in the air.

Kapta Space is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to lead the complete lifecycle development, including development, testing, and support of the radar operation, data collection, storage and processing. Kapta Space is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with experience in mission-critical software development that have the drive and experience to complete projects independently and on time.

Assist multi-disciplinary team in creating software requirements

Architect, design, and implement embedded firmware for our Radar Sensor

Work collaboratively with radar algorithm, hardware, FPGA and mechanical engineers to build reliable, embedded firmware for the payload

Assist in Hardware-aware optimizations of algorithms targeting Embedded Processors, Edge Compute, and ground-based servers

Evaluate implementation/maintenance, complexity and resource requirements (compute, memory, power). Produce trade-studies to support decision making

Generate test plans and methods to test software on hardware platforms so that they meet end-user needs/expectations.

Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly growing team

BS or MS degree in engineering, computer science, or related field

8+ years of experience in embedded firmware development (ideally radar)

Good understanding of one or more of the following: Board Support Package, Operating Systems, Bootloader, Microcontrollers deployed in satellite systems

Comfortable with Git, CI, Code Reviews, and Version Control and organized enough to be productive in a lean startup environment

Experience with C/C++

Experience with multi-threaded system concepts including tasks, priorities, and deadlocks

Embedded firmware debugging experience including clock level issues, interrupts, and hardware interfaces

Experience with embedded designs with multiple processors and peripheral interfaces (SPI, UART, GPIO, I2C, Ethernet)

Experience implementing efficient, low latency data movement between FPGAs, processors, storage devices, and networking interfaces

Working knowledge of networking stacks (Ethernet, TCP/IP)

Ability to read schematic diagrams

Ability to gain and hold a TS security clearance