{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9356d5f7ddd5c4f42756ed78","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9356d5f7ddd5c4f42756ed78","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9356d5f7ddd5c4f42756ed78","title":"Embedded Software Engineer","description":"Join TrustPoint and Build the World's First Commercial GPS System in Space\nGPS is a ubiquitous global utility in modern society; knowing one's location is critical for government, commercial, and personal applications. Still, today's solutions for determining location are inaccurate, slow, unencrypted, and susceptible to jamming and spoofing. These shortcomings make GPS insufficient for tomorrow's safety-critical and high-precision applications, a problem TrustPoint intends to solve.\nTrustPoint is developing a fully commercial next-generation GPS service to provide significant performance, security and reliability improvements for GPS users. This includes better accuracy, quicker Time to First Fix, and anti-spoof and anti-jam capabilities. The improvements will support US Government position and timing service resiliency as well as enable next-generation commercial applications like drone delivery, self-driving cars, urban air mobility, and augmented reality. The $260B annual GNSS Hardware, Software and Data Services market is ripe for disruption and TrustPoint intends to lead that revolution with our commercial infrastructure and services.\nThe Position\nTrustPoint is currently seeking a Full Time Embedded Software Engineer to join the team and will be responsible for implementing electrical components into hardware and firmware needed for our commercial Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Our system consists of a constellation of commercial satellites and a network of ground stations and as the Embedded Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing innovative software solutions at the heart of our GNSS satellite, payload, and receiver solutions. Further, you will work directly with our Chief Engineer and the entire engineering team to design, develop and test software that leverages our company's proprietary satellite and RF technologies.\nWe'll Expect You To…\nDesign, develop and test different software solutions required for Trustpoint's proprietary Payload and advanced electronics systems.\nEvaluate system and test electrical and software performance utilizing hardware-in-the-loop.\nWork with the payload systems team, ground infrastructure and various vendors to develop software solutions.\nMaintain unwavering focus on meeting development targets and achieving objectives.\nYou'll Need to Have…\nBS or MS in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field\n5+ years of satellite, RF, Defense, Aerospace, or Wireless experience\nAbility to develop, test, debug software and firmware in C/C++/Rust\nExperience with Embedded linux, RTOS, and Linux kernel or Petalinux\nSupport the Space and Ground Segment Operations team in system commissioning, operations automation, anomaly investigation and mitigation.\nTest software in simulation and hardware-in-the-loop environments, including the development of comprehensive unit and regression tests.\nMust have worked on CI/CD utilizing tools such as gitlab-runner, bitbucket pipelines or jenkins.\nMust have knowledge of one scripting language such as Python, Shell scripts etc.\nMust have knowledge of one build tools such as Make, Bitbake, Cmake, Meson, etc.\nTravel up to 20%\nUS Citizen or US Permanent Resident Status (Green Card).\nWe'd Like to See…\nHave worked directly in the Space Payload Systems, designed and developed Flight/Mission Software and integrated software used in different subsystems.\nHave worked in the software development of GNSS, GPS and PNT solutions or application of positioning solutions.Have designed and implemented device drivers and kernel drivers in linux or RTOS.\nExperience with FPGAs, Hardware RTL, SDR development.\nCultural Fit\n\nThrive in a startup environment\n\nPositive, team-first communicator\n\nWilling to roll up sleeves and work cross-functionally\n\nStrategic thinker with tactical execution skills\nCompensation & Benefits\n\nThe selected candidate will be competitively compensated with salary, equity (stock options), and a full benefits package.\nTrustPoint, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, arrest record or any other characteristic","company":"Trustpoint","rawCompany":"trustpoint","city":"Sterling","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T17:20:06.490Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"}],"industries":[{"code":"334511","title":"Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing","slug":"search-detection-navigation-guidance-aeronautical-and-nautical-system-and-instrument-manufacturing"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Embedded Software Engineer","description":"Join TrustPoint and Build the World's First Commercial GPS System in Space\nGPS is a ubiquitous global utility in modern society; knowing one's location is critical for government, commercial, and personal applications. Still, today's solutions for determining location are inaccurate, slow, unencrypted, and susceptible to jamming and spoofing. These shortcomings make GPS insufficient for tomorrow's safety-critical and high-precision applications, a problem TrustPoint intends to solve.\nTrustPoint is developing a fully commercial next-generation GPS service to provide significant performance, security and reliability improvements for GPS users. This includes better accuracy, quicker Time to First Fix, and anti-spoof and anti-jam capabilities. The improvements will support US Government position and timing service resiliency as well as enable next-generation commercial applications like drone delivery, self-driving cars, urban air mobility, and augmented reality. 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