Senior Flight Software Engineer Verified today
About This Role
The Senior Flight Software Engineer is responsible for determining how our spacecraft behaves and operates in orbit and building reliable software to ensure it happens. The team is responsible for all phases of development, starting from requirements capture through testing and flight operational support.
Responsibilities
- Develop reliable flight software that determines 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) techniques.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve problems.
Basic 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.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- End-to-end experience building and launching a spacecraft.
- Experience developing and testing real-time embedded systems.
- Experience with safety-critical software, especially for aerospace applications.
- Experience with CCSDS telemetry and telecommand systems.
- Experience with F' or cFS framework.
- Experience with Python or Rust.
- Knowledge of basic analog and digital electronics.
- Familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, or EtherCAT.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: $169,067 to $216,031 per year. Leveling and base salary determined by job-related skills, education, experience, and performance.
Eligible for stock options and long-term cash awards.
Full-time benefits include:
- Flexible PTO policy plus 12 paid holidays.
- 100% 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 for gym and fitness expenses.
- 12 weeks parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers).
- Family building, pregnancy, parenting, and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic.
- Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and dependents.
- 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match, immediately vested.
- $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement.
- Relocation support for new hires, if needed.
- Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner twice weekly.
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours, and mission-success celebrations.
- Complimentary EV charging.
Work Location
On-site in El Segundo, California.
ITAR and Export Control
Varda requires all employees to be U.S. persons with authorization to work in the United States. Because employees are provided access to export-controlled items, Varda hires only U.S. persons permitted to access our technology without an export license.
U.S. person means: U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (i.e., individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum).