Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Architect

vardaspace; 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. seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to define how our spacecraft behaves in orbit and build reliable software to run on embedded processors.

You will own software throughout design, development, and flight operations, from requirements to test and deployment. Responsibilities include writing bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based code in C++, performing design trades, and ensuring system quality with V&V.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in spacecraft or safety-critical software.
• Experience in C++ and embedded software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable flight software for spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule.
• Write bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based code in C++ for embedded processors.
• Own design, implementation, testing, and integration of software.
• Perform requirements capture and design trades for open-ended problems.
• Ensure quality and performance through V&V techniques.
• Collaborate effectively with team members across disciplines.

Skills

C++

Real-time embedded systems

Safety-critical software

Python

Rust

Education

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

Tools

CCSDS Telemetry/Telecommand

F' or cFS framework

SPI

I2C

CAN

EtherCAT

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to define how our spacecraft behaves in orbit and build reliable software to run on embedded processors.

You will own software throughout design, development, and flight operations, from requirements to test and deployment. Responsibilities include writing bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based code in C++, performing design trades, and ensuring system quality with V&V.