Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer II
Varda Space Industries1 day ago
El Segundo, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$144k - $184k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop reliable flight software governing spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operations throughout missions.
- Write structured C++ software for bare-metal, RTOS-based, and Linux-based embedded processors.
- Own software design, testing, integration, verification, and validation.
- Scope projects, capture requirements, and perform initial design trades for open-ended problems.
- Support software quality and performance through testing, verification, and validation techniques.
- Collaborate with the team to communicate and solve problems.
- Provide software support across development and flight operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, physics, or engineering, or equivalent technical experience in safety-critical software.
- At least 3 years of experience developing spacecraft or similar safety-critical software.
- Experience developing in C++ with a strong understanding of its language concepts.
- Preferred: end-to-end experience building and launching a spacecraft.
- Preferred: experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems and safety-critical aerospace software.
- Preferred: experience with CCSDS telemetry and telecommand systems, F' or cFS, Python or Rust, basic analog and digital electronics, and SPI, I2C, CAN, or EtherCAT.
Benefits
- Flexible PTO and 12 paid holidays.
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, with FSA and employer-matched HSA options.
- Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance.
- $120/month wellness reimbursement, parental leave, family-building benefits, and sponsored One Medical memberships.
- 401(k) plan with a 6% immediately vested employer match, cell phone reimbursement, and relocation support if needed.
- Stock options and/or long-term cash awards may be available.
- Fully stocked kitchen with daily lunch and twice-weekly dinner, team events, happy hours, mission-success celebrations, and complimentary EV charging.
- On-site work in El Segundo, California.
About Varda Space Industries
Varda Space Industries builds and operates in-orbit manufacturing platforms and reentry capsules so pharmaceutical and materials companies can produce goods in microgravity and return them to Earth. The company designs its W‑Series vehicles in-house, including pharmaceutical processing payloads, capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses, and sells manufacturing and reentry services to commercial customers. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, it also has offices in Washington, DC and Huntsville, Alabama.