Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Varda Space Industries3 days ago
El Segundo, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$169k - $216k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop reliable firmware for spacecraft, satellite buses, and reentry capsules across entire missions.
- Own software design, development, testing, and integration.
- Scope projects, capture requirements, and perform initial design trades for open-ended problems.
- Write structured bare-metal, RTOS-based, or Linux-based embedded software in C++.
- Build highly reliable and available software systems.
- Ensure software quality and performance through testing, verification, and validation.
- Provide flight operational support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, 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 experience with safety-critical software, particularly aerospace applications.
- Preferred experience with Python or Rust.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, data structures, and computer networking.
Benefits
- Salary range is $169,067-$216,031 per year.
- Eligible for incentives including stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
- On-site work in El Segundo, California.
- Employment is subject to Varda's U.S.-person ITAR access requirement.
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.