Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – Imaging Systems

• 5+ years developing embedded firmware in C/C++ for embedded Linux and/or bare-metal/RTOS systems
• Hands-on experience shipping on NVIDIA Jetson or comparable embedded Linux/SoC platforms
• Deep experience moving high-rate data over PCIe (driver, DMA, endpoint/root-complex level)
• Experience building end-to-end camera/imaging systems, from sensor to downstream consumer
• Working experience with image processing pipelines (debayering, calibration, correction) and CUDA or GPU-accelerated processing
• Solid grounding in networking, data routing, and command-and-control infrastructure
• Strong hardware debugging skills and comfort working from schematics
• Experience with optical calibration and characterization – distortion modeling, vignetting correction, MTF/sharpness measurement – and building the correction steps that apply them in a processing pipeline
• Familiarity with motion/temporal compensation techniques (registration, stabilization, temporal filtering) for imaging from moving platforms

• IR/thermal imaging experience, including NUC and radiometric calibration
• GStreamer, V4L2, or other imaging/video pipeline frameworks
• Computational imaging techniques (super-resolution, stacking, HDR)
• Defense imagery and metadata standards (MISB/KLV, STANAG); defense or mission-critical development experience
• FPGA workflows or high-speed serial interfaces (SerDes, Aurora, MIPI)
• Experience with optics and optical hardware
• RF, SATCOM, or tactical radio data link background
• Experience with multi-sensor and multispectral fusion – co-registering and combining imagery across sensors and bands into fused data products, in partnership with downstream data teams

• Must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (an active clearance is a plus)
• Must be located near Denver, CO or willing to relocate; role is on-site at our Denver headquarters (4800 Race St)
• Travel expected to support field events, exercises, and customer engagements

• Stock Options
• Medical, Vision and Dental
• Flexible PTO

Urban Sky is an Equal Opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Urban Sky is a venture-backed aerospace startup on a mission to pioneer humanity’s routine, easy access to the stratosphere and the value locked within it.

We design, build, operate, and sell stratospheric balloon systems.

The data we collect supports a wide range of applications, from real-time wildfire monitoring to urban mapping.

Our technology is also employed by government customers including the Department of War (DoW), NASA, and others.

Urban Sky sends flight vehicles to the stratosphere on a weekly basis.

Our team consists of engineers, makers, developers, and doers who believe in the power of human potential when passion meets utility within a small, supportive team.

At Urban Sky we strive to create a team culture grounded in candor, inclusion, respect and empowerment.

We aim to build the next chapter of stratospheric history in Denver and Texas and are seeking self-starting, open-minded, and hard-working team members.

The pay range for this role is:

140000.00 - 180000.00 USD per year (Denver CO HQ)