Embedded Software Engineer (All Levels) at Castelion in Torrance, CA

Job description

• As an Embedded Software Engineer you will be at the forefront of creating, developing, and testing the software that drives and simulates our flight systems. Your role involves close collaboration with fellow Castelion engineers across software and hardware domains to implement and debug software across the entire technology stack from applications and operating systems to networking, firmware, and simulation, ensuring complete mission success. We seek intelligent, collaborative, and driven engineers of all levels who are passionate about problem-solving and eager to contribute to an extraordinary mission. If you thrive in challenging environments and are excited by the prospect of making a tangible impact, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Autonomous Systems: Design and implement reliable autonomous software systems, along with the simulations required to validate their precision and dependability.
• Comprehensive Software Development: Manage the entire software development process, from initial design, prototyping, and testing, to final integration and deployment for mission-critical applications.
• System Testing: Evaluate test outcomes and troubleshoot issues necessitating detailed investigations, including hands-on integration and debugging of hardware/software systems. Develop tools to facilitate testing across various environments: virtualized hardware, real hardware-in-the-loop, and vehicle-in-the-loop testing.
• Collaboration: Partner with multidisciplinary engineering teams to brainstorm, design, and develop next-generation hypersonic missile capabilities, including advanced guidance algorithms and integrated seeker image processing.
• Project Leadership: Lead major projects that propel Castelion's mission forward, ensuring alignment with overall objectives and occasionally traveling to launch and customer sites for testing and operations.
• Enhance Standards and Practices: Continuously improve software standards and best practices within the software team, fostering an environment of ongoing improvement and innovation.

Requirements

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: Open to candidates across all experience levels, from early-career engineers to senior technical contributors. Professional experience, internships, research, open-source contributions, or other hands-on technical work will be considered.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience with systems programming in languages such as C++, Python, or Rust, and familiarity with Linux-based development environments. Experience may include work with low-level systems such as Linux kernel development, hardware interfaces, or driver development (e.g., UART, I2C, or similar peripherals).
• This position may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites, systems, or information, as determined by the Company and/or applicable U.S. Government requirements. If the position is so designated, your employment in the role may be contingent upon your ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. Government security clearance or other government authorization, and to satisfy any citizenship or other eligibility requirements imposed by applicable law, regulation, executive order, or government contract requirements. You will be notified if and when such requirements apply.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
• Programming Expertise: Proven proficiency in C++, Rust, or similar systems programming languages.
• System Experience: Practical experience with real-time embedded systems or distributed computing environments in Linux-based systems, including developing high-quality Linux-based C++ software for common processors and microcontrollers (e.g., PowerPC, x86, ARM).
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Linux, including Bash shell scripting, network troubleshooting, and performance analysis (strace, ftrace, etc.), with strong skills in debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing.
• System Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of computer architecture and networking protocols (TCP, UDP, etc.).
• Problem-Solving: Innovative problem-solving approach using first-principles thinking, including developing prototypes to validate key design concepts and quantify technical constraints.

Skills

Required

• Collaboration
• Problem-solving
• Intelligent, collaborative, and driven
• Passionate about problem-solving
• Thrive in challenging environments
• C++
• Python
• Rust
• Linux
• Bash
• strace
• ftrace

Benefits

• Castelion offers a generous benefits package. Please refer to the bottom of our Careers page for more details.