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# Senior Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** Evona, Inc.
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,000.0 - $210,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Booting (BIOS), C++ (Programming Language), Extract Transform Load (ETL), Software Debugging, Device Drivers, Embedded C, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Ethernet, Fault Tolerance, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), FreeRTOS, Hardware Design, Network Interface, Real-Time Operating Systems, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, System on a Chip, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, VxWorks, Bare Metal
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75929594-senior-firmware-engineer

## About the Role

* Eight or more years of embedded firmware or flight-software development.
 * Strong embedded C/C++ experience.
 * Direct software or firmware experience on spacecraft, satellites or spaceborne payloads.
 * RTOS, embedded Linux or bare-metal development.
 * BSPs, bootloaders, device drivers and hardware bring-up.
 * FPGA/SoC integration and hardware-level debugging.
 * Understanding of space-grade architecture, fault tolerance and SEU mitigation.
 * Ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment.
 * ITAR eligibility.

Highly desirable

 * MicroBlaze, Zynq or another FPGA-based processor.
 * VxWorks, FreeRTOS or PetaLinux.
 * DMA, DDR and high-speed FPGA-to-processor data movement.
 * SPI, I²C, UART, GPIO, Ethernet or SpaceWire.
 * Radar, RF payload or signal-processing experience.
 * Ability to read electrical schematics.

Candidates whose experience is limited to ground systems, simulation, mission control or ground-support equipment will not meet the flight-firmware requirement.

## Description

They are seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to lead the development of mission-critical flight firmware supporting radar operation, data collection, storage and processing., * Architect, develop and test embedded firmware in C/C++.

 * Translate customer and partner requirements into practical firmware solutions.
 * Integrate software with FPGA/SoC processing platforms.
 * Support board bring-up, hardware integration and system-level debugging.
 * Optimise low-latency data movement between processors, FPGAs, memory, storage and network interfaces.
 * Develop test plans and verify software on flight-representative hardware.
 * Evaluate compute, memory, power and implementation trade-offs.
 * Collaborate with radar, FPGA, electrical and mechanical engineers.
 * Take ownership from requirements through integration and qualification.