Senior Spacecraft Embedded Systems Engineer

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 Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer to develop reliable firmware for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule across all mission phases.

You will own end-to-end software development, from design to testing and integration, and tackle open-ended design trades while coding in C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments.

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 C++, strong understanding of language concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable firmware to control how the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operate through the entire mission.
• Own all aspects of software development, from design, testing, and integration.
• Scope projects including requirements capture and initial design trades given open-ended problems.
• Write quality structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Build highly reliable and available software systems.
• Ensure system quality and performance through software test, verification, and validation (V&V) techniques.

Skills

C++

Real-time embedded software

RTOS

Linux

Safety-critical software

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent technical experience in safety critical software

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer to develop reliable firmware for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule across all mission phases.

You will own end-to-end software development, from design to testing and integration, and tackle open-ended design trades while coding in C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments.