Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer (C++) Equity

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support for new hires

6% employer 401(k) match

Equity incentives

Company-paid health insurance

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to design and implement robust C++ software for its in-space vehicles. You will own major portions of flight software across requirements, testing, and integration in a safety-critical environment.

The role emphasizes bare metal, RTOS or Linux based development for embedded processors, with opportunities to influence architecture, verification, and mission performance.

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 with development in C++, along with a strong understanding of the language concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable flight software that determine how the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operate throughout the entire mission.
• Write quality structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors in C++.
• Own all aspects of software development, from design, testing, and integration.
• Scope projects including requirements capture and initial design trades given open-ended problems.
• Ensure system quality and performance through software test, verification, and validation (V&V) technique.
• Teamwork, communicate and problem solve in a collaborative environment.

Skills

C++

Safety-critical software

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Physics/Engineering

Tools

CCSDS telemetry

F' or cFS framework

Python

Rust

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to design and implement robust C++ software for its in-space vehicles. You will own major portions of flight software across requirements, testing, and integration in a safety-critical environment.

The role emphasizes bare metal, RTOS or Linux based development for embedded processors, with opportunities to influence architecture, verification, and mission performance.