Spacecraft Ground Systems Software Engineer

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Varda Space Industries
Full time
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USA
09/22/2026
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El Segundo, CA

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain high-reliability telemetry ingestion, scaling, distribution, and commanding services.
Build operator-grade mission-control UIs and dashboards for integration, testing, and on-orbit operations.
Create flight-software simulations, device emulators, scenario-based automated tests, test harnesses, and hardware-in-the-loop frameworks.
Design and productionize mission-platform tooling, including service templates, artifact management, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and self-service workflows.
Deploy software across lab benches, test stands, and mission networks with safe rollout, rollback, and limited-connectivity strategies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, physics, engineering, or equivalent technical experience in safety-critical software.
3+ years of experience developing spacecraft or similar safety-critical software.
Expertise in Python and strong understanding of concurrency, networking, performance, and reliability.
Experience building real-time data acquisition, scaling, and distribution services using low-latency messaging and time-series or relational stores.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, dependency and build systems, infrastructure-as-code, observability, Docker, Kubernetes, release management, phased rollouts, and controlled networks.
Preferred qualifications include proficiency in C++, Ansible, and/or NiceGUI; experience with DAQ, closed-loop control, CI/testing/simulation/data tools, safety-critical requirements and certification artifacts, ground-systems standards, mission-network security, and mission-grade UIs.

Benefits

Flexible PTO, 12 paid holidays, company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA options, supplemental insurance, wellness reimbursement, parental leave, family-building benefits, and sponsored One Medical memberships.
Incentive equity, a 401(k) with a 6% immediately vested employer match, cell phone reimbursement, and relocation support if needed.
Daily lunch, dinner twice weekly, company events, team-bonding activities, complimentary EV charging, and an on-site work arrangement in El Segundo, California.

Salary: $144k - $184k/yr

Varda Space Industries

Varda is building the infrastructure for a thriving orbital economy, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. From new, life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optic cables, there is a world of products used to benefit life on Earth that can ...

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