Embedded Linux Software Engineer

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Impulse Space
Full time
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USA
10/31/2026
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Redondo Beach, CA

Responsibilities

Build, configure, and maintain a Yocto-based Linux distribution for custom avionics hardware.
Manage kernel configuration, system services, middleware integration, system configuration, startup scripts, and fault-tolerant resource allocation.
Perform board bring-up and debug hardware/software integration issues across CPU, memory, and peripheral subsystems.
Develop, port, maintain, and debug Linux device drivers and kernel-space/user-space interactions.
Implement secure boot, code signing, certificate and cryptographic asset management, and Linux security frameworks including AppArmor and SELinux.
Design and maintain OTA update infrastructure with rollback and A/B partitioning support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience building and maintaining Yocto-based embedded Linux distributions for custom boards.
Demonstrated ability to develop, configure, and debug Linux kernel drivers.
Demonstrated experience developing in C and C++ for constrained, low-level environments.
Experience with UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, or similar buses is preferred.
Understanding of embedded software principles, real-time constraints, and resource-limited systems is preferred.
Experience with OTA update design, system hardening, secure boot, TPM or cryptographic key management, and security frameworks is preferred.
Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, or CircleCI pipelines, containerization, reproducible builds, oscilloscopes, hardware debuggers, and signal analyzers is preferred.

Benefits

Eligible full-time hires may receive stock options, medical, vision, and dental coverage, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Impulse Space

Impulse Space designs and builds in-space mobility spacecraft—orbital transfer and hosting vehicles—for satellite operators and space agencies. It sells mission services that deliver customer payloads to target orbits and provide on-orbit hosting, using in-house propulsion and ground operations. ...

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