Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer in Orbit

Telemetry Today LLC; 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 is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to determine spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit operations. You will own design, testing, and integration across bare metal, RTOS, or Linux platforms for embedded processors.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 5+ years in spacecraft or safety-critical software, with strong C++ skills and familiarity with real-time systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent safety‑critical software experience.
• 5+ years in spacecraft or safety‑critical software development.
• Experience with C++ and strong language understanding.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliable flight software for spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule.
• Write structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based code for embedded processors in C++.
• Own design, tests, and integration throughout development life cycle.
• Scope projects with requirements capture and initial design trades.
• Ensure quality via software test, verification, and validation.
• Collaborate effectively within a team and solve problems.

Skills

C++ programming

Spacecraft software development

Embedded software

Real-time systems

Python or Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering or equivalent technical experience in safety critical software

Tools

F' framework

cFS framework

CCSDS telemetry/telecommand

SPI

I2C

CAN

EtherCAT

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to determine spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit operations. You will own design, testing, and integration across bare metal, RTOS, or Linux platforms for embedded processors.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 5+ years in spacecraft or safety-critical software, with strong C++ skills and familiarity with real-time systems.