Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Spaceflight Systems

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team. You will determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software spanning requirements capture through flight operations.

This role emphasizes C++, real-time embedded systems, and safety-critical software, with on-site collaboration and opportunities to impact in-space infrastructure and automated payloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent technical experience in safety critical software.
• 5+ 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 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++

Real-time systems

Safety-critical software

Embedded development

Python

Rust

OS concepts

Education

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

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team. You will determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software spanning requirements capture through flight operations.

This role emphasizes C++, real-time embedded systems, and safety-critical software, with on-site collaboration and opportunities to impact in-space infrastructure and automated payloads.