Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer (C++/RTOS) — Equity

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance (

Wellness reimbursement

Relocation support

Stock options

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Varda Space Industries seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software for the mission. You will own the software lifecycle from requirements to flight support, using C++ across bare metal, RTOS, and Linux environments.

You will collaborate with a team of engineers to ensure system quality, performance, and safety, with opportunities to work on CCSDS telemetry, cFS, and Python/Rust tools in a rapidly growing space company.

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++ development

Real-time embedded systems

Safety-critical software

Spacecraft development

Education

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

Tools

CCSDS telemetry

telecommand system

F' or cFS framework

Python

Rust

SPI

I2C

CAN

EtherCAT

Job description

Varda Space Industries seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to determine spacecraft behavior in orbit and build reliable software for the mission. You will own the software lifecycle from requirements to flight support, using C++ across bare metal, RTOS, and Linux environments.

You will collaborate with a team of engineers to ensure system quality, performance, and safety, with opportunities to work on CCSDS telemetry, cFS, and Python/Rust tools in a rapidly growing space company.