Senior Space Flight Software Engineer - Embedded Systems

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Company-paid Medical, Dental, Vision

Relocation support

Stock options

401(k) with employer match

Cell phone reimbursement

Wellness program

Hathaway relocation assistance

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, California, seeks a Senior Space Flight Software Engineer to define spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit operations. You will lead from requirements capture through testing and flight support, shaping software across bare metal, RTOS, or Linux on embedded processors.

The role emphasizes C++ expertise, safety-critical aerospace standards, and end-to-end software development, with collaboration across teams 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 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 systems

Safety-critical software

Spacecraft software

Requirements capture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CCSDS telemetry

F' framework

cFS framework

Python

Rust

SPI/I2C/CAN/EtherCAT

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, California, seeks a Senior Space Flight Software Engineer to define spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit operations. You will lead from requirements capture through testing and flight support, shaping software across bare metal, RTOS, or Linux on embedded processors.

The role emphasizes C++ expertise, safety-critical aerospace standards, and end-to-end software development, with collaboration across teams to ensure mission success.