Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer — On-Site CA

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term cash awards

Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer to partner with design and manufacturing teams to scale spacecraft hardware production with robust, verifiable processes.

You will own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance and support Mission Assurance with risk mitigation, failure investigations, and data-driven improvements across build and test environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or materials engineering.
• 5+ years 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.
• Experience applying process controls in high-volume manufacturing, test, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, and analyzing data for production insight.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills and drive to improve reliability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to create test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for vehicle hardware.
• Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, guiding quality inspectors and shop staff.
• Lead failure investigations in production, test, and operation to identify root causes and mitigate risk.
• Provide peer review of hardware during design reviews and test campaigns.
• Perform FMEA, traceability, and ensure test coverage and change management for flight hardware.
• Own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance and hazard analyses.
• Support Mission Assurance risk management and implement mitigations.

Skills

Process controls

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Collaborative skills

Lean quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related field

Tools

PFMEA

SPC

DOE

APQP

MSA

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer to partner with design and manufacturing teams to scale spacecraft hardware production with robust, verifiable processes.

You will own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance and support Mission Assurance with risk mitigation, failure investigations, and data-driven improvements across build and test environments.