Senior Mission Software Engineer at Varda Space Industries

Varda accelerates commercial space infrastructure development while manufacturing Earth-bound products in orbit. The Mission Software team owns ground segment software and platform enabling spacecraft operations. This role builds and maintains high-reliability services for telemetry ingestion scaling distribution and commanding. You will design and produce software for mission and ground teams standardize CI/CD pipelines artifact management service templates infrastructure-as-code simulation frameworks and deliver self-service tooling. Deployments span lab bench test stands and mission networks with safe rollout rollback strategies.

Varda accelerates commercial space infrastructure development with a focus on in-orbit manufacturing and reentry capsules. The Senior Embedded Software Engineer leads flight software development ensuring spacecraft behavior reliability. This role drives ownership across the entire mission lifecycle from requirements capture to flight operations. It involves building firmware for spacecraft satellite buses and reentry capsules using C++ and real-time systems.

Varda accelerates commercial space infrastructure development while manufacturing Earth-bound products in orbit. The Senior Firmware Engineer leads flight software development ensuring spacecraft behavior and reliability. This role drives ownership across the entire mission lifecycle from requirements capture through flight operations. The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic environment focused on expanding humanity's economic potential.

Varda Space Industries seeks a Firmware Engineer to lead spacecraft behavior analysis and develop reliable flight software. The engineer will own all phases of development from requirements capture through test and flight operational support. This role drives the creation of robust software systems ensuring mission success.

You will own avionics system design, integration, and test for Varda's W-Series reentry vehicles, from concept through flight operations. You will define electrical architectures, balance power and telemetry budgets, and drive hardware-in-the-loop validation for space manufacturing and hypersonic reentry missions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve conflicting requirements and ensure system-level readiness. This role offers hands-on ownership of Python-based test tools and HITL testbeds, with direct impact on mission success. You will join a team of veterans from SpaceX and Blue Origin building the orbital economy.

Own the Mission Management System platform connecting autonomy, sensors, radios, and operator interfaces across Hermeus aircraft and ground systems. You will architect, build, and validate critical software in a hands-on leadership role, shaping how high-speed aircraft are commanded and monitored. Work across software, avionics, communications, and simulation teams to solve distributed, hardware-connected problems. This role defines foundational architecture and drives rapid iterative prototyping in defense aviation.