Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer - Equity

Varda Space Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan with 401(k) match

Relocation assistance

Wellness reimbursement

Relocation support

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer to scale production of spacecraft hardware. You will partner with design and manufacturing teams to size processes, define test plans, and ensure reliable hardware at rate.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, root cause analysis, and collaboration across quality, flight reliability, and mission assurance to drive continuous improvement and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or material sciences engineering.
• 5+ years professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or related engineering role.
• 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.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a drive to innovate and improve reliability in cutting-edge technology.

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 immediate and underlying root causes to reduce risk and improve the reliability of designs and processes.
• 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, change management, and manufacturability of flight hardware.
• Own vehicle level deliverables for regulatory bodies including requirements compliance, functional or flight hazard analyses, and verification evidence.
• Support Mission Assurance's vehicle level risk management and identification/tracking/execution of mitigations.

Skills

Hardware testing

Failure analysis

Process controls

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Collaborative teamwork

Quality data processing

Education

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

Tools

Measurement systems analysis

Design of experiments

Statistical process control

PFMEA

Control plans

Metrology

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer to scale production of spacecraft hardware. You will partner with design and manufacturing teams to size processes, define test plans, and ensure reliable hardware at rate.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, root cause analysis, and collaboration across quality, flight reliability, and mission assurance to drive continuous improvement and regulatory compliance.