Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer Stock Options

vardaspace; 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 is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer in El Segundo, CA to partner with design and manufacturing teams to ensure reliable hardware production at scale. You will lead failure investigations, containment of non-conforming product, and provide test plans for vehicle hardware.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in aerospace or related engineering, hands-on hardware test and QA experience, and a track record in applying lean quality principles.

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

Hands-on hardware test

Process controls in high volume

Data analysis for production insight

Strong interpersonal and collaborative

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace/engineering

Tools

Measurement systems analysis

Design of experiments

Statistical process control

PFMEA / APQP

Job description

Varda is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer in El Segundo, CA to partner with design and manufacturing teams to ensure reliable hardware production at scale. You will lead failure investigations, containment of non-conforming product, and provide test plans for vehicle hardware.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in aerospace or related engineering, hands-on hardware test and QA experience, and a track record in applying lean quality principles.