On‑Orbit Mission Operations Engineer II

Vardaspace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Equity incentive

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer II to lead on-orbit missions and own mission profiles for unique payloads aboard Winnie Spaceship. The role blends hands-on spacecraft operations with cross-functional engineering to enable a scalable mission framework.

The ideal candidate brings real-time operations experience, programming skills in Python/JS/HTML, and familiarity with avionics and GNC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, or Computer Science.
• 2+ years in a real-time operations role on complex, high-consequence systems.
• 1+ years building software tools in Python, JavaScript, and/or HTML.
• Familiarity with avionics, GNC, software, and thermal design for spacecraft.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, execute, and lead Varda's on-orbit missions.
• Own the full ops development cycle for mission-unique payloads from mission profile creation to execution.
• Collaborate across teams to improve mission operations and ensure mission success.
• Automate operational burden by building web tools.
• Scale up operational capabilities to support growing flight cadence.

Skills

Real-time operations

Python

JavaScript

HTML

Git

Atlassian tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Aero/Elec/CS)

Tools

Git

Atlassian

Job description

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer II to lead on-orbit missions and own mission profiles for unique payloads aboard Winnie Spaceship. The role blends hands-on spacecraft operations with cross-functional engineering to enable a scalable mission framework.

The ideal candidate brings real-time operations experience, programming skills in Python/JS/HTML, and familiarity with avionics and GNC.