Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer — Embedded C++

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Relocation support

Equity incentives

Parental leave

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to define how our spacecraft behaves in orbit and to build reliable software for the flight instruments and capsules.

You will own end-to-end software development for embedded processors in C++ on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux, covering requirements, design, testing, and V&V with a collaborative team in a cutting-edge space environment.

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

RTOS

Linux

Python

Rust

Embedded systems

Spacecraft software

Education

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

Tools

CCSDS telemetry

F' or cFS framework

SPI

I2C

CAN

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to define how our spacecraft behaves in orbit and to build reliable software for the flight instruments and capsules.

You will own end-to-end software development for embedded processors in C++ on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux, covering requirements, design, testing, and V&V with a collaborative team in a cutting-edge space environment.