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Varda Space Industries is building commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing systems, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses. As a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer, you will partner closely with design and manufacturing teams to ensure production processes yield verified, reliable hardware at scale.
Key responsibilities include:
• Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to create test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for all vehicle hardware
• Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors, and engineers
• Lead failure investigations in production, test, and operational environments; identify and mitigate immediate and underlying root causes to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
• Provide critical peer review of hardware during design reviews and acceptance and qualification test campaigns
• Support Quality, Flight Reliability, and Mission Assurance functions as needed
You will be responsible for right-sizing processes and controls to enable scaling spacecraft hardware production. The ideal candidate is a responsible, collaborative, process-oriented engineer with hands-on experience in hardware design, testing, manufacturing, and troubleshooting.
Varda was founded in 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov and is backed by leading investors including Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst. The team includes veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, major pharmaceutical companies, and Silicon Valley. Varda is headquartered in El Segundo, California, with additional offices in Washington, DC and Huntsville, AL.
