Senior Spacecraft Firmware Engineer — C++/RTOS

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

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer to design, implement, and validate flight software for orbiting spacecraft, leading software development from requirements through testing and flight operations.

You will write C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments, own implementation from design to integration, and ensure system quality with rigorous V&V.

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++ and 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++

RTOS

Linux

Embedded systems

Safety-critical

Python

Rust

Education

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

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer to design, implement, and validate flight software for orbiting spacecraft, leading software development from requirements through testing and flight operations.

You will write C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments, own implementation from design to integration, and ensure system quality with rigorous V&V.