Senior Space Embedded Engineer (RTOS) – Equity Eligible

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible PTO + 12 holidays

Medical, Dental & Vision for employees

Job summary

Varda seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team to determine spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit. You will own design, testing, and integration across the full development lifecycle, delivering robust firmware for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule.

The role requires 5+ years in safety-critical software, real-time embedded development, and strong C++ knowledge.

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

• Determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software for flight operations.
• Develop firmware to control the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule across the mission.
• Own all aspects of software development from design to testing and integration.
• Scope projects with requirements capture and initial design trades for open-ended problems.
• Write structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Build highly reliable and available software systems and validate with V&V.

Skills

C++

Real-time embedded

RTOS

Linux

Software testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Varda seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team to determine spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit. You will own design, testing, and integration across the full development lifecycle, delivering robust firmware for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule.

The role requires 5+ years in safety-critical software, real-time embedded development, and strong C++ knowledge.