Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; 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, headquartered in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer to own and develop flight software for the spacecraft, bus, and reentry capsule. You will drive requirements, design, testing, and integration across the full development cycle.

The role requires 5+ years in safety-critical software, real-time embedded systems, and strong C++ proficiency.

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++ development and strong language understanding.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable firmware to control the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule across the mission lifecycle.
• Own all aspects of software development from design to testing and integration.
• Scope projects with requirements capture and initial design trades for open-ended problems.
• Write structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Build highly reliable software systems with rigorous V&V techniques.
• Collaborate with flight software team to ensure system quality and performance.

Skills

C++

RTOS

Embedded systems

Real-time software

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering

Tools

Python

Rust

Job description

Varda Space Industries, headquartered in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer to own and develop flight software for the spacecraft, bus, and reentry capsule. You will drive requirements, design, testing, and integration across the full development cycle.

The role requires 5+ years in safety-critical software, real-time embedded systems, and strong C++ proficiency.