Mission Software Engineer II — Space Ground Systems

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) matching

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Mission Software Engineer II to own its critical ground segment software and the platform it runs on, enabling spacecraft operations.

You will work with telemetry, commanding, data acquisition, and mission control interfaces in a hands-on role. The position involves building tools for simulations, device emulators, and automated tests, while advancing CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability across lab, test, and mission

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent technical experience in safety critical software.
• 3+ years of experience in the development of spacecraft or similar safety critical software.
• Expertise with development in Python, along with a strong understanding of the language concepts.
• Strong systems fundamentals: concurrency, networking, performance, reliability.
• Experience building real-time data acquisition, scaling, and distribution services - low-latency messaging, time-series and relational stores.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, dependency/build systems, and infrastructure-as-code.
• End-to-end observability experience: logging, metrics, tracing.
• Docker/Kubernetes; release management, phased rollouts, and operational readiness for controlled networks.

Responsibilities

• Own Ground Segment Services: Develop and maintain high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion, scaling, distribution, and commanding.
• Mission Control Interfaces: Deliver operator-grade UIs and dashboards that optimize ops time and reduce cognitive load.
• Simulation and Test Automation: Build tools to run flight-software simulations, device emulators, and automated tests.
• Build the Mission Platform: Design, implement, and productionize software for mission and ground teams; standardize CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Deployments Across Environments: Create robust deployment patterns for lab benches, test stands, and mission networks.

Skills

Python

Concurrency

Networking

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-code

Real-time systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

NiceGUI

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Mission Software Engineer II to own its critical ground segment software and the platform it runs on, enabling spacecraft operations.

You will work with telemetry, commanding, data acquisition, and mission control interfaces in a hands-on role. The position involves building tools for simulations, device emulators, and automated tests, while advancing CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability across lab, test, and mission