Employment Type : Full-Time
Tethers Unlimited, Inc. is a 65-person aerospace production and R&D company located in Bothell, WA. Founded in 1994, we're nimble, resourceful and fun, and we work on a variety of cool cutting-edge projects in the space industry. Making a positive impact at Tethers Unlimited, Inc (TUI): Build technology that will go to space! Our software controls our hydros thrusters, positions antenna gimbals or provides mission critical sat comms to ground. At Tethers we are still a small enough company that you will have a huge impact on new and exciting product opportunities yet large enough to provide you the resources needed to launch products. Much larger companies haven’t flown anywhere near the number of products into space that we have. So, if you want to make your mark and be part of the next mission, now is the time to apply. SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE: This Sr. Embedded Software Engineer III role is an opportunity to write mission critical device, sensor and control management software for a variety of aerospace targeted products. Tethers Unlimited has launched several products and continues to expand its in-space portfolio. Success in this role includes the ability to provide solid technical feedback to peers in a collaborative manner, is a strong and respected leader, and can adeptly make tradeoffs between money, scope and perfection. This role will provide an opportunity to influence our technical direction around critical technologies that we will be used to realize our vision of creating an in-space economy. We are looking for someone that would consider themselves a technology disrupter; able to see where the company should be in the next 5 years and can drive to get there through team collaboration and coordination. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: QUALIFICATIONS: Required Experience Desired SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands, and reach with hands and arms. Intermittent physical activity including bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, or lifting up to 40 lbs. May encounter prolonged periods of sitting. EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: This is a full-time position requiring a minimum of 40 hours per week. TRAVEL: Some travel (less than two weeks per year) expected for this position. WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE: ITAR Requirements: This position requires special security screenings to conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, which may include the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance. The U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship exclusively. OTHER DUTIES: Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Some of our PERKS: Why work for Tethers? PLEASE NOTE: We are only considering local (Greater Seattle area) candidates at this time. ** PRINCIPALS ONLY. NO RECRUITERS PLEASE. ** TUI participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. and a U.S. Citizen only. Job Type: Full-time Benefits: Schedule: COVID-19 considerations: Education: Experience: Security Clearance: Work Location: Relocation Assistance Provided: Company's website: Company's Facebook page: Benefit Conditions: Work Remotely: COVID-19 Precaution(s):
To keep our employees as safe as possible we require everyone to wear masks, maintain social distancing, wash hands frequently, wipe down touch points and take a self-check health survey before coming onsite each day.