Varda Space Industries

Space

SeniorSpacecraftGroundSystemsSoftwareEngineer

$175–250k ~AI est. El Segundo, California, United States
The Brief

“Senior Spacecraft Ground Systems Software Engineer at Varda Space Industries. Skills: Ground systems software, Spacecraft operations, Real-time systems, CI/CD. Develop and maintain high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion,. Ensure deterministic behavior for real-time operations and post-flight”

Industry & Context.

Space
Problems you'll solve

Performance; Reliability; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

Must be a U.S. person

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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, Expertise with development in Python, Understanding of Python language concepts, Systems fundamentals: concurrency, networking, performance, reliability, Experience building real-time data acquisition, scaling, and distribution services, Hands-on experience with CI/CD, dependency build systems, and infrastructure-as-code, End-to-end observability experience: logging, metrics, tracing, Docker/Kubernetes; release management, phased rollouts, and operational readiness for controlled networks

Nice to Have

Proficiency in C++, Proficiency in Ansible, Proficiency in NiceGUI, Experience with DAQ and closed-loop control, Prior work on CI/testing/simulation/data tools integrated with flight software teams, Experience with requirements, test, and certification artifacts from safety-critical or certified workflows, Knowledge of ground systems security in mission networks, Experience building mission-grade UIs with structured command workflows, alarming, and situational awareness

What You'll Do.

Develop and maintain high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion

Ensure deterministic behavior for real-time operations and post-flight

Deliver operator-grade UIs and dashboards

Build tools to run flight-software simulations

Build tools to run device emulators

Build tools to run scenario-based automated tests

Design software for mission and ground software teams

Implement CI/CD pipelines

Implement artifact management

Implement service templates

Implement infrastructure-as-code

Implement simulation frameworks

Implement hardware-in-the-loop frameworks

Implement test harnesses

Implement observability

Create robust deployment patterns for lab benches

Create robust deployment patterns for test stands

Create robust deployment patterns for mission networks

Implement safe rollout/rollback strategies

Implement air-gapped deployment approaches

Implement limited-connectivity deployment approaches

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Mission Software team; Flight software teams; Avionics teams; GNC teams; Operations teams

Process & Methodology

CI/CD, Release management, Phased rollouts

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