Varda Space Industries
Space
SpacecraftGroundSystemsSoftwareEngineer
“Spacecraft Ground Systems Software Engineer at Varda Space Industries. Skills: Ground segment services, Mission control interfaces, Mission platform development. Develop and maintain high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion,. Ensure deterministic behavior for real-time operations and post-flight”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
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, 3+ years of experience in the development of spacecraft or similar safety critical software, Expertise with development in Python, 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, Must be a U.S. person
Nice to Have
Proficiency in C++, Ansible, and/or 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 device emulators
Build scenario-based automated tests
Design software for mission and ground software teams
Implement CI/CD pipelines
Manage artifact management
Create service templates
Implement infrastructure-as-code
Develop simulation frameworks
Develop hardware-in-the-loop frameworks
Deliver self-service tooling
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; Mission software teams; Ground software teams
Process & Methodology
Release management
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