Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; 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 Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team to define spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software from requirements through flight operations.

You will own all development stages, writing C++ firmware for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux targets and ensuring system quality via testing and V&V. This on-site role offers stock options and growth in a pioneering space company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field with safety-critical software.
• 5+ years in spacecraft or safety-critical software development.
• Experience with real-time embedded hardware/software and C++.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware for spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule.
• Own design, testing, and integration across projects.
• Capture requirements and perform initial design trades.
• Write structured C++ for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux targets.
• Build reliable software systems with high availability.
• Ensure quality via testing, V&V activities.

Skills

C++

RTOS

Linux

Bare metal

Education

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

Tools

Python

Rust

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for the Flight Software team to define spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software from requirements through flight operations.

You will own all development stages, writing C++ firmware for bare metal, RTOS, or Linux targets and ensuring system quality via testing and V&V. This on-site role offers stock options and growth in a pioneering space company.