Senior Spacecraft Ground Systems Software Engineer

Varda Space Industries
Any Location, CA
Job Description
Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure. The Senior Spacecraft Ground Systems Software Engineer will work on the mission software team, responsible for critical ground segment software and the platform it runs on, enabling spacecraft operations. The team operates at the intersection of telemetry and commanding, data acquisition and distribution, mission control interfaces, simulation and test automation, with reliable deployment across lab, test range, and mission operations environments.

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.
  • Expertise with development in Python, along with a strong understanding of the language concepts.
  • Strong systems fundamentals: concurrency, networking, performance, reliability.
  • Experience building real-time data acquisition, scaling, and distribution services - low-latency messaging, time-series and relational stores.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • 401(k) matching
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Health insurance, including Vision and Dental
  • Lunch and snacks provided on site every day
  • Dinners provided twice a week
  • Maternity / Paternity leave
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