Join Varda as a Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer to develop reliable flight software for spacecraft operations.
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Quick facts
- Is the Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in El Segundo, California, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Varda Space lists $169,067–$216,031 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Varda Space is hiring for this position in El Segundo, California, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Analog Electronics, C++, CAN, CCSDS, Digital Electronics, Embedded Systems.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Varda Space targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer role at Varda Space.
From the original posting
About Varda
About This Role
The Senior Spacecraft 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 determine 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) technique.
- 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.
Pay Range
- Salary range: Senior Software Engineer: $169,067 - $216,031/ per year.
- This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA.
- 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.
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