Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer Verified today

About Varda

Varda is accelerating commercial space infrastructure development, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable reentry capsules. Varda's W-Series vehicles are built, designed, and operated in-house, including pharmaceutical processing payloads, capsules, C-PICA heat shields, and satellite buses.

About This Role

The Senior Flight Software Engineer determines how our spacecraft behaves and operates in orbit and builds reliable software to ensure it happens. You will be 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 techniques.
• Teamwork, communicate and problem solve in a collaborative environment.

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 system.
• Experience with F' or cFS framework.
• Experience with Python, or Rust.
• Knowledge of basic analog and digital electronics.
• Familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, EtherCAT.

Compensation and Location

Salary range: $169,067 to $216,031 per year. Leveling and base salary is determined by job-related skills, education level, experience level, and job performance. You will be eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

This role is onsite in El Segundo, CA.

Benefits

Regular full-time employees receive: flexible PTO policy plus 12 paid holidays; 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options; voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance; $120/month wellness reimbursement; 12 weeks of parental leave; family building benefits via Maven Clinic; sponsored One Medical memberships; substantial incentive equity; 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match (immediately vested); $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement; relocation support for new hires; fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly; company and team-bonding events; and complimentary EV charging.