Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer – Embedded/RTOS

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; 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, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to define how our spacecraft behave in orbit and to build reliable software for embedded processors in C++.

You will own the full software lifecycle, from requirements through testing, V&V, and flight operations support, working on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments to enable safe, robust space missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent safety-critical software experience.
• 5+ years of experience in development of spacecraft or similar safety critical software.
• Experience with development in C++, and 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).
• Teamwork, communicate and problem solve in a collaborative environment.

Skills

C++

Real-time embedded systems

Safety-critical software

Python

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, math, physics, engineering or equivalent

Tools

CCSDS telemetry & telecommand

F' or cFS framework

SPI

I2C

CAN

EtherCAT

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to define how our spacecraft behave in orbit and to build reliable software for embedded processors in C++.

You will own the full software lifecycle, from requirements through testing, V&V, and flight operations support, working on bare metal, RTOS, or Linux environments to enable safe, robust space missions.