Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Camera Systems)
Impulse Space
Software Engineering
USD 150k-200k / year + Equity
Posted on May 10, 2025
As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for Camera Systems at Impulse, your primary responsibility will be to design, implement, and maintain firmware for image capture and processing systems on spacecraft. You will collaborate with avionics, flight software, and GNC engineers to interface with imaging hardware, support ground and flight tests, and ensure high reliability under harsh environmental conditions.
- Department
- Autonomous Systems
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $150,000 - $200,000 / year
- Reporting To
Responsibilities
- Develop low-level drivers and control software for camera modules using interfaces like MIPI CSI-2, USB, SPI, and I2C
- Interface with commercial and custom image sensors, implementing robust and efficient data pipelines.
- Implement camera configuration, triggering, and synchronization logic
- Support data capture and streaming during ground tests and in-flight operations
- Collaborate with image processing and perception teams to define firmware requirements and APIs
- Contribute to bring-up, debugging, and tuning of camera subsystems in hardware-in-the-loop setups
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar
- 5+ years of experience writing C/C++ code for embedded systems, preferably in imaging or robotic applications
- Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, hardware debuggers, and source-level debuggers to troubleshoot problems at all layers of the stack
- Strong understanding of I2C, SPI, and MIPI-based camera interfaces
- Familiarity with microcontroller and SoC architectures, especially those used in vision applications
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Hands-on experience integrating image sensors and camera modules into embedded systems
- Familiarity with image pipeline concepts such as exposure control, gain tuning, and calibration
- Understanding of real-time data handling and buffering for high-rate image streams
- Exposure to radiation-tolerant imaging design or fault detection in visual systems
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Received
Stage 2:
Resume Review
Stage 3:
Intro Phone Interview
Stage 4:
Technical Phone Interview(s)
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