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Senior Avionics Embedded Software Engineer

Inversion · Playa Vista, California, United States

Posted about 2 months ago · $139,000 - $201,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
52 days
Inversion's roles stay open a median of 53 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
89% of Inversion's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Inversion
high
59 stale, 0 reposted of 76 open
Hiring momentum
86 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-25

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Inversion's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Inversion.

About this role

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Inversion, you will develop and maintain software for hypersonic reentry vehicles, focusing on low-level hardware interfaces, real-time control, and mission-critical applications. You will collaborate with various engineering teams to ensure reliable software operation throughout all flight phases, while also engaging in debugging and hardware-software integration tasks.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Inversion as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • Typically 5+ years of professional experience developing embedded software for aerospace, defense, robotics, automotive, or other high-reliability systems
  • Strong proficiency in modern C and C++ development
  • Experience developing software for bare-metal, RTOS, or Embedded Linux environments
  • Experience debugging software at the hardware boundary, including processor bring-up and peripheral integration
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, interrupts, DMA, and embedded operating systems

Nice to have

  • Experience developing flight software for spacecraft, launch vehicles, hypersonic vehicles, autonomous aircraft, or defense systems
  • Experience with NXP i.MX RT, STM32, TI Sitara, Xilinx Zynq, AMD Versal, or similar embedded processing platforms
  • Experience with embedded operating systems (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, Embedded Linux) and embedded Linux build systems (Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Buildroot, PetaLinux), including development of custom Linux distributions, BSPs, and production image pipelines
  • Experience developing device drivers, Board Support Packages (BSPs), bootloaders, and low-level hardware interfaces
  • Experience with deterministic networking, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), DDS middleware, or distributed embedded systems

Worth weighing

  • Position requires in-office presence in Playa Vista, CA
  • Salary range provided is $139,000 - $201,000, but individual pay may vary based on several factors
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident due to ITAR compliance requirements

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Listed by Inversion on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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