Senior Space Embedded Software Engineer
Varda Space Industries9 hours ago
El Segundo, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$169k - $216k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop reliable firmware controlling spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operations throughout the mission.
- Own software design, development, testing, integration, verification, and validation.
- Scope projects by capturing requirements and performing initial design trades for open-ended problems.
- Write structured C++ software for bare-metal, RTOS-based, and Linux-based embedded processors.
- Build highly reliable and available software systems.
- Provide flight operational support and ensure software quality and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, or equivalent technical experience in safety-critical software.
- At least 5 years of experience developing spacecraft or similar safety-critical software.
- Experience developing and testing real-time embedded hardware and software systems.
- Experience developing in C++ with a strong understanding of language concepts.
- Preferred: safety-critical software experience, especially in aerospace applications.
- Preferred: experience with Python or Rust.
- Preferred: strong understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, data structures, and computer networking.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, with FSA and employer-matched HSA options.
- Flexible PTO, 12 paid holidays, parental leave, family-building benefits, and One Medical memberships.
- $120 per month wellness reimbursement and voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a 6% immediately vested employer match.
- Stock options and/or long-term cash awards, plus relocation support for new hires if needed.
- $20 per-pay-period cell phone reimbursement.
- Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner twice weekly, company events, happy hours, mission celebrations, and complimentary EV charging.
- Full-time, on-site role in El Segundo, California.
About Varda Space Industries
Varda is building the infrastructure for a thriving orbital economy, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. From new, life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optic cables, there is a world of products used to benefit life on Earth that can only be manufactured in space. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.