Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer - Orbit-Ready

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options and long-term cash plans

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to define spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit operations. You will drive end-to-end software development from requirements to flight readiness in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

You will craft bare-metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors, collaborating across teams to ensure mission success and high system reliability.

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

RTOS

Linux

Safety-critical software

Python

Rust

CCSDS telemetry

cFS framework

SPI/I2C/CAN

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or related field

Tools

CCSDS telemetry/telecommand

F' or cFS framework

Python

Rust

SPI

I2C

CAN

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo seeks a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to define spacecraft behavior and build reliable software for orbit operations. You will drive end-to-end software development from requirements to flight readiness in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

You will craft bare-metal, RTOS, or Linux based software for embedded processors, collaborating across teams to ensure mission success and high system reliability.