Senior Flight Software Engineer – Spacecraft & Reentry Systems

Varda Space Industries; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term cash awards

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software for embedded processors. You will own design, testing, and flight operations support across bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments.

The role requires a Bachelor's in a technical field and 5+ years in safety-critical software for spacecraft, with strong C++ skills and knowledge of aerospace protocols.

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

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable flight software that determine how the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operate throughout the entire mission.
• Write quality structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Own all aspects of software development, from design, testing, and integration.
• Scope projects including requirements capture and initial design trades given open-ended problems.
• Ensure system quality and performance through software test, verification, and validation (V&V) technique.
• Teamwork, communicate and problem solve in a collaborative environment.

Skills

C++

Embedded software

RTOS

Linux

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CCSDS telemetry

F' / cFS framework

Python

Rust

SPI / I2C / CAN / EtherCAT

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Flight Software Engineer to determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software for embedded processors. You will own design, testing, and flight operations support across bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments.

The role requires a Bachelor's in a technical field and 5+ years in safety-critical software for spacecraft, with strong C++ skills and knowledge of aerospace protocols.