Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Relocation support

Stock options

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team to shape spacecraft behavior in orbit.

You will own end-to-end software development from requirements capture to in-flight support, writing reliable firmware in C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments. You will build high-availability software for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule, apply V&V techniques, and work across design, testing, and operations.

Qualifications

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

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

Embedded software

Linux

Software testing

Real-time systems

Education

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

Tools

RTOS

Linux

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team to shape spacecraft behavior in orbit.

You will own end-to-end software development from requirements capture to in-flight support, writing reliable firmware in C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments. You will build high-availability software for the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule, apply V&V techniques, and work across design, testing, and operations.