Flight Software Internship - Spring 2027 at Varda Space Industries
El Segundo, CA
$37/hrfrom the description
Aug 6, 2026
El Segundo, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-time, on-site internship (January–May) at a spacecraft manufacturing company in Los Angeles, where interns contribute to ground systems, flight software, embedded systems, and developer infrastructure. Day-to-day work involves building Python and/or C++ tools and services, supporting test automation and simulation, and debugging issues that span OS, networking, and hardware-software boundaries. Best suited for undergraduate or graduate students with a strong CS fundamentals background and interest in embedded or systems-level engineering.
Junior level · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,650 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,250–2,150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Candidates must be actively enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program — enrollment is required, but no specific degree level is hard-gated, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Python appears in the responsibilities section as 'Python and/or C++', making it a contextual/preferred skill rather than a standalone hard gate alongside C++.
Concurrency and networking appear under the 'Preferred Skills' heading and are listed as familiarity-level expectations, not hard gates.
Real-time embedded development and safety-critical software experience are explicitly listed under 'Preferred Skills And Experience'.
The posting lists relevant coursework (Computer Architecture, OS, Data Structures, Digital Design, etc.) as context for the type of student background sought, not as discrete technology skill gates — these are omitted from the skills list per guidelines on generic concepts.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Real-time embedded development.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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