Senior Space Mission Software Engineer – Ground Ops

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; 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, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mission Software Engineer to own and advance the critical ground segment software that enables spacecraft operations.

You will work across telemetry ingestion, commanding, data distribution, and mission control interfaces, collaborating with avionics and RF teams. Jack-of-all-trades role requires hands-on flight software experience, real-time systems knowledge, and a passion for safe, reliable systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering, math, or equivalent with safety-critical software experience.
• 5+ years in developing spacecraft or safety-critical software.
• Strong Python expertise and real-time data handling.
• Solid conops in concurrency, networking and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own Ground Segment Services for telemetry ingestion, distribution and commanding with deterministic real-time behavior.
• Develop operator-grade UIs and dashboards to optimize ops time and reduce cognitive load.
• Build tools for flight-software simulations and device emulators for avionics teams.
• Design and productionize mission and ground software with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and observability.
• Craft deployment patterns across lab benches, test stands, and mission networks.

Skills

Python

Real-time systems

Telemetry/commanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD

Ansible

NiceGUI

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mission Software Engineer to own and advance the critical ground segment software that enables spacecraft operations.

You will work across telemetry ingestion, commanding, data distribution, and mission control interfaces, collaborating with avionics and RF teams. Jack-of-all-trades role requires hands-on flight software experience, real-time systems knowledge, and a passion for safe, reliable systems.