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Salary: USD 169,067 - 216,031 / annual
Varda Space Industries is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing, reentry capsules, and satellite buses. The company designs, builds, and operates its W-Series vehicles in-house, with leadership and staff drawn from SpaceX, Blue Origin, major pharmaceutical companies, and Silicon Valley.
As a Senior Spacecraft Embedded Software Engineer on the Flight Software team, you will be responsible for determining how Varda's spacecraft behaves and operates in orbit, and building reliable software to ensure mission success. You will own all phases of software development, from requirements capture through testing and flight operational support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop reliable firmware to control how the spacecraft, satellite bus, and reentry capsule operate through the entire mission lifecycle
- Own all aspects of software development, including design, testing, and integration
- Scope projects by capturing requirements and conducting initial design trades for open-ended problems
- Write quality structured bare metal, RTOS, or Linux-based software for embedded processors in C++
- Build highly reliable and available software systems
- Ensure system quality and performance through software test, verification, and validation (V&V) techniques
Varda is headquartered in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in Washington, DC and Huntsville, AL. The company has raised significant backing from world-class investors including Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, and Also Capital.
Requirements:
- 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 developing and testing real-time embedded hardware/software systems
- Experience with development in C++, along with a strong understanding of language concepts
- Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to ITAR export-control requirements
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with safety-critical software, especially for aerospace applications
- Experience with additional programming languages such as Python or Rust
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, data structures, and computer networking
