Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer — Embedded C++

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

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to determine how our spacecraft behaves in orbit and to build reliable software for flight operations. The role spans requirements capture, design trades, testing, and flight operational support to ensure mission success.

You will write bare‑metal, RTOS, or Linux based C++ software for embedded processors, own all aspects of software development from design to integration, and help verify and

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++

Embedded systems

Safety-critical

Spacecraft software

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering

Physics

Tools

CCSDS telemetry

F' / cFS

Python

Rust

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to determine how our spacecraft behaves in orbit and to build reliable software for flight operations. The role spans requirements capture, design trades, testing, and flight operational support to ensure mission success.

You will write bare‑metal, RTOS, or Linux based C++ software for embedded processors, own all aspects of software development from design to integration, and help verify and