Senior Applications Engineer - Space Engineering Data & AI

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to lead the development, deployment, and management of engineering applications across PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, and change management. You will work with multiple engineering teams to ensure tools are integrated, compliant, and scalable for hardware and software workflows.

You will build analytics dashboards using Power BI, SQL, and Python to surface actionable insights, map and streamline engineering workflows, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• 5+ years in software engineering or equivalent with coding.
• Experience gathering requirements and delivering end-to-end projects.
• Ability to iterate with users and translate concepts for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering systems (PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, ECO) and related platforms.
• Design dashboards and reports with Power BI, SQL, Python for stakeholders.
• Map and re-engineer workflows to reduce cycle times and errors.
• Develop internal apps to automate tasks and support decisions.
• Ingest ETL pipelines linking tools to enterprise data layer.
• Support compliance docs including AS9100 and CMMC workflows.
• Track system health, adoption KPIs, and report to leadership.

Skills

5+ years experience

Requirements gathering

End-user collaboration

Independent work

Technical communication

BI dashboards

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Alteryx

dbt

SSIS

Informatica

Git

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to lead the development, deployment, and management of engineering applications across PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, and change management. You will work with multiple engineering teams to ensure tools are integrated, compliant, and scalable for hardware and software workflows.

You will build analytics dashboards using Power BI, SQL, and Python to surface actionable insights, map and streamline engineering workflows, and