Senior Payload Integration & Test Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Relocation assistance

Equity incentives

401(k) with employer match

Cell phone reimbursement

Wellness program

Job summary

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Senior Payload Systems Integration and Test Engineer in El Segundo, CA. You will own end-to-end success for diverse payloads, including in-house and hosted customer payloads, and ensure safe data recovery and hardware integration with the vehicle.

You will bridge payloads and vehicles, define interfaces, plan campaigns, coordinate in-orbit ops, and implement changes with other engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Chemical, or Systems Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of spacecraft or payload integration and testing experience.
• Experience as the named responsible engineer for a payload through a full program cycle.
• Experience creating interfaces, requirements, and verification plans.
• Ability to manage multiple hardware efforts to fixed milestones.
• Broad knowledge in structures, thermal, electronics, optics, RF, GNC, or fluid systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable in cleanroom with flight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Act as responsible engineer for payloads from scoping to post-flight data delivery.
• Collaborate with payload providers to derive requirements and document interfaces in ICDs.
• Formulate executable project plans for ambiguous concepts and coordinate non-standard accommodations.
• Serve as primary technical contact for external payload customers throughout the mission lifecycle.
• Plan and execute payload integration and test activities and perform environmental verifications.
• Identify and resolve technical issues during integration and test.
• Define payload flight operations and support on-console operations as needed.
• Evolve standard payload interfaces and integration workflows documented in the Payload User Guide.
• Mentor and provide technical review across the team.

Skills

Payload integration

ICDs development

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Technical communication

Project multitasking

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Job description

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Senior Payload Systems Integration and Test Engineer in El Segundo, CA. You will own end-to-end success for diverse payloads, including in-house and hosted customer payloads, and ensure safe data recovery and hardware integration with the vehicle.

You will bridge payloads and vehicles, define interfaces, plan campaigns, coordinate in-orbit ops, and implement changes with other engineering teams.