Senior Embedded Systems Engineer — Spaceflight (Equity)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with 6% match

Relocation support

Stock options

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for its Flight Software team. You will determine spacecraft behavior and build reliable firmware for how the satellite bus and reentry capsule operate, from requirements to test and flight support.

The role centers on writing structured C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based environments, owning design, testing, integration, and V&V to ensure mission success.

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 development in C++, along with a strong understanding of language concepts.

Responsibilities

• The Senior Embedded Software Engineer on the Flight Software team is responsible for determining how our spacecraft behaves and operates in orbit and building reliable software to ensure it happens.
• The team is responsible for all phases of development, starting from requirements capture through test, and flight operational support.
• 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++

RTOS

Embedded systems

Linux

Safety-critical software

Python

Rust

Education

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

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for its Flight Software team. You will determine spacecraft behavior and build reliable firmware for how the satellite bus and reentry capsule operate, from requirements to test and flight support.

The role centers on writing structured C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based environments, owning design, testing, integration, and V&V to ensure mission success.