Senior Flight Software Engineer (Embedded) - Spacecraft

Frontdoor Defense; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to build flight-ready software for space vehicles in El Segundo, CA.

You will own from requirements through testing and flight operations, delivering reliable firmware for spacecraft, satellites, and reentry systems. You will work with C++ on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux, collaborating on design tradeoffs, verification, and integration.

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++ programming

RTOS & Linux

Real-time systems

Safety-critical software

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to build flight-ready software for space vehicles in El Segundo, CA.

You will own from requirements through testing and flight operations, delivering reliable firmware for spacecraft, satellites, and reentry systems. You will work with C++ on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux, collaborating on design tradeoffs, verification, and integration.