Senior Videogame Designer shaping gameplay, systems, mechanics, levels, and UX for Seismic Squirrel’s narrative - driven RPGs. Collaborating remotely across design, engineering, art, writing, and testing teams.
About the role
- Embedded Software Engineer developing C/C++ software for spacecraft and ground systems. Building reliable satellite connectivity, FPGA platforms, Linux networking, and automated validation tools.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain reliable, high-quality embedded software for spacecraft and ground-based systems supporting a growing fleet of satellites
- Work on Linux networking infrastructure, including routing, control-plane, and dataplane integration
- Develop software for FPGA-based platforms, including bring-up, driver integration, and optimization of memory-mapped interfaces between processing cores and custom IP
- Develop automated tests, validation tools, and technical documentation to support robust software delivery and long-term maintainability
- Participate in software architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements, debug complex issues, and evolve system architecture
- Identify performance gaps, reliability risks, and architectural shortcomings and drive improvements across the software stack
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers while contributing to engineering best practices and development standards
Requirements
- 8+ years of embedded software development experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Strong proficiency in C and modern C++
- Experience developing software for embedded Linux environments
- Experience working close to operating system internals, including concurrency, IPC, synchronization, memory management, and hardware/software interfaces
- Experience integrating and debugging complex software systems across multiple abstraction layers
- Experience with embedded build systems and toolchains such as Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Buildroot, CMake, or similar
- Ability to debug and optimize software in resource-constrained or performance-sensitive environments
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional engineering environments
- Ability to work effectively across distributed teams and time zones
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Experience developing software for aerospace applications
- Experience implementing embedded security solutions such as secure boot, hardware security modules (HSMs), certificate/key management, authentication, or encrypted communications
- Familiarity with Linux networking concepts and infrastructure, including routing, interfaces, netlink, or packet-processing pipelines
- Experience developing multi-stage bootloaders
- Strong knowledge of computer networking and modern networking protocols
- Experience with RTL (Verilog and/or VHDL) and embedded SoCs
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with a robust equity plan to share in our success
- Comprehensive coverage for health, dental, and vision insurance—including dependents
- Unlimited vacation
- Supportive parental leave policy
- Company-wide holiday shutdown
- Semi-annual company-wide parties
- Frequent in-office team events
- Relocation packages available for approved roles
- $1,500 annual professional development fund
- Fully stocked Toronto office kitchen with snacks, drinks, games and top-notch kitchen appliances
- Town Halls, Celebration Calls, and Company-wide events
- Certified Great Place to Work®, seven years in a row
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