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Inversion

Avionics Embedded Software Engineer II

Playa Vista, California, United States$106k–$150kmidAdded today

About this role

Inversion seeks an Embedded Software Engineer II to develop flight-critical software for hypersonic reentry vehicles. You'll own the full software lifecycle from low-level hardware interfaces to real-time vehicle control, working across processors, FPGAs, and distributed networking architectures in an aerospace environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain embedded flight software in C/C++ for avionics systems, payload interfaces, and vehicle control operating in mission-critical aerospace conditions
  • Develop Board Support Packages, hardware abstraction layers, bootloaders, and device drivers for custom avionics hardware platforms
  • Perform board bring-up, hardware enablement, and integration testing on new processor and FPGA-based platforms
  • Design vehicle communication architectures using DDS, CoAP, and modern networking to enable telemetry, commands, and sensor data exchange across distributed systems
  • Execute unit, integration, and Hardware-in-the-Loop verification campaigns; debug hardware-software interactions using instrumentation and protocol analysis tools
  • Collaborate with electrical, systems, GNC, and integration teams through design reviews, code reviews, and flight readiness activities

What they're looking for

  • Embedded C and C++ for real-time systems
  • Board Support Packages and bootloader development
  • FPGA and processor bring-up and enablement
  • Real-time operating systems and hardware abstraction layers
  • DDS, CoAP, and distributed vehicle networking protocols
  • Hardware debugging tools: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers
  • Hardware-in-the-Loop and verification testing
  • Aerospace or mission-critical systems experience
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Inversion

Inversion develops advanced hypersonic reentry spacecraft and systems designed to deliver payloads globally in under an hour. The company is hiring Test Engineers, Simulation Engineers, and RF/Propulsion Systems Engineers to design and execute ground testing, flight testing, and simulation validation for their next-generation reentry vehicles.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience bringing up a new processor or FPGA platform from scratch—what were the biggest challenges?
  • Describe a time you debugged a complex hardware-software integration issue in a real-time system. What tools and techniques did you use?
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