Senior Space Mission Software Engineer - Ground Ops

Varda Space Industries; El Segundo (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 Space Mission Software Engineer to own the Ground Segment software and platform that enable spacecraft operations.

We operate at the intersection of telemetry and commanding, data acquisition and distribution, mission control interfaces, simulation and test automation, with reliable deployment across lab, test range, and mission operations environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience in safety-critical software.
• 5+ years of experience developing spacecraft or safety-critical software.
• Strong Python development skills and knowledge of real-time concepts.
• Solid systems fundamentals: concurrency, networking, performance, reliability.
• Experience building real-time data acquisition, low-latency messaging, time-series data stores.

Responsibilities

• Own Ground Segment Services: develop and maintain high-reliability telemetry ingestion, distribution, and commanding.
• Deliver operator-grade Mission Control Interfaces and dashboards to optimize ops time.
• Build tools for flight-software simulations, device emulators, and automated tests.
• Design and productionize software for mission and ground teams; standardize CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Create deployment patterns for lab benches, test stands, and mission networks with safe rollouts.

Skills

Python

Concurrency

Networking

Real-time systems

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Space Mission Software Engineer to own the Ground Segment software and platform that enable spacecraft operations.

We operate at the intersection of telemetry and commanding, data acquisition and distribution, mission control interfaces, simulation and test automation, with reliable deployment across lab, test range, and mission operations environments.