Engineering Applications Engineer — AI, BI & PLM

Varda Space Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentives

401(k) with employer match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Varda Space Industries is seeking an Engineering Applications Engineer to lead development, deployment, and management of engineering applications. You will ensure tools are integrated, compliant, and scalable across hardware and software development workflows.

This role reports to the Director of Enterprise Applications. This full-time, exempt position is based at our El Segundo headquarters and involves collaborating across engineering teams to improve cycle time, cost, decision making, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience supporting or managing enterprise engineering applications (PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, or engineering change management tools).
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting/programming language (Python, JavaScript, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience building reports and dashboards in a BI platform (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent).
• Comfortable gathering requirements directly from end users and iterating prototypes to production.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce system design documentation, SOPs, and training materials for non-technical engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering systems stack (PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, change management) with daily admin, data integrity, and release cycles.
• Map and re-engineer engineering workflows to reduce manual handoffs and improve data capture at source.
• Build internal applications (low-code and custom) and ETL pipelines connecting tools to the data layer.
• Design analytics dashboards and reports in Power BI, SQL, and Python to surface decisions for leadership.
• Build, pilot, and deploy AI-powered tools including LLM-based agents to streamline workflows.
• Support AS9100 and CMMC compliance documentation and liaise with IT/InfoSec on access and audits.
• Lead training and enablement to drive adoption and reduce shadow IT.

Skills

SQL

Programming (Python/JavaScript)

BI dashboards

Requirements gathering

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

ETL tools

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS Redshift

MBSE toolchains (CAMEO/Capella)

PLM/CAD data tools (Teamcenter/Windchill/Arena)

Job description

Varda Space Industries is seeking an Engineering Applications Engineer to lead development, deployment, and management of engineering applications. You will ensure tools are integrated, compliant, and scalable across hardware and software development workflows.

This role reports to the Director of Enterprise Applications. This full-time, exempt position is based at our El Segundo headquarters and involves collaborating across engineering teams to improve cycle time, cost, decision making, and