Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Build Reliability Engineer to partner with design and manufacturing teams, ensuring reliable, scalable production of spacecraft hardware.

You will lead test, qualification, and failure investigations, and support regulatory deliverables, leveraging lean quality principles across high-volume manufacturing and test environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or materials engineering.
• 5+ years professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or related engineering.
• Hands-on hardware test, qualification, troubleshooting, or failure analysis experience.
• Commitment to lean quality principles without compromising safety or reliability.
• Demonstrated application of process controls in high volume manufacturing, test, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, and/or analyzing data for production insight.

Responsibilities

• 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 operation; identifying and mitigating root causes to reduce risk and improve design reliability.
• Provide critical peer review of hardware during design reviews and acceptance and qualification test campaigns.
• Perform failure modes and effects analyses, build requirements compliance matrix tools, and ensure adequate test coverage and manufacturability.
• Own vehicle level deliverables for regulatory bodies including requirements compliance and verification evidence.
• Support Mission Assurance's vehicle level risk management and mitigations.

Skills

Hardware test experience

Failure analysis

Process controls

Data analysis

Quality mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or materials engineering

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Build Reliability Engineer to partner with design and manufacturing teams, ensuring reliable, scalable production of spacecraft hardware.

You will lead test, qualification, and failure investigations, and support regulatory deliverables, leveraging lean quality principles across high-volume manufacturing and test environments.