Orbital Embedded Software Engineer II

Vardaspace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Relocation assistance

Gym/wellness reimbursement

Parental leave

One Medical memberships

Company events

EV charging

Job summary

Varda Space Industries seeks an Embedded Software Engineer II for the Flight Software team to shape how our spacecraft behave in orbit and to build reliable software from requirements to flight operations.

The role covers firmware for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule, with responsibilities from design through testing in C++ on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux, requiring real-time embedded experience.

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.
• Experience developing and testing real-time embedded hardware / software systems.
• Experience with development in C++, along with a strong understanding of language concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable firmware to control how the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operate through the entire mission.
• Own all aspects of software development, from design, testing, and integration.
• Scope projects including requirements capture and initial design trades given open-ended problems.
• Write quality structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Build highly reliable and available software systems.
• Ensure system quality and performance through software test, verification, and validation (V&V) techniques.

Skills

C++

Python

Rust

Real-time embedded

Education

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

Job description

Varda Space Industries seeks an Embedded Software Engineer II for the Flight Software team to shape how our spacecraft behave in orbit and to build reliable software from requirements to flight operations.

The role covers firmware for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule, with responsibilities from design through testing in C++ on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux, requiring real-time embedded experience.