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Salary: USD 140,333 - 179,314 / annual
Varda Space Industries is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing, reentry capsules, and satellite buses. The company designs, builds, and operates its W-Series vehicles in-house with a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and major pharmaceutical companies.
As Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer, you will partner closely with design and manufacturing teams to scale production of spacecraft hardware. You will ensure production processes yield verified, reliable hardware at rate, and flex across Build Reliability, Quality, Flight Reliability, and Mission Assurance functions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to create test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for all vehicle hardware
- Contain suspect or non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors, and engineers
- Lead failure investigations in production, test, and operation; identify and mitigate root causes to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
- Provide critical peer review of hardware during design reviews and acceptance/qualification test campaigns
- Perform failure modes and effects analyses, build requirements compliance matrix tools, and ensure adequate test coverage, change management, and manufacturability of flight hardware
- Own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory bodies including requirements compliance, functional/flight hazard analyses, and verification evidence
- Support Mission Assurance's vehicle-level risk management and identification/tracking/execution of mitigations
The ideal candidate is a responsible, collaborative, process-oriented engineer with hands-on hardware design, test, manufacturing, and troubleshooting experience.
Note: This role requires ITAR compliance. Varda only hires "U.S. persons" (U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or individuals admitted as refugees/granted asylum) due to access to export-controlled items.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or material sciences engineering
- 5+ years professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or related engineering role
- Hands-on hardware test, qualification, troubleshooting, or failure analysis experience
- Commitment to lean quality principles without compromising safety or reliability
- Demonstrated application of process controls in high-volume manufacturing, test, and quality environments
- Experience generating, processing, and interpreting technical documentation and drawings
- Hands-on knowledge of CNC machining, additive manufacturing, casting, welding, fastening, or other special manufacturing processes
