Space Build Reliability Engineer II — Equity & On-Site

Varda; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO and holidays

Company-paid health insurance

Relocation assistance

Stock options / equity

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer II in El Segundo, CA.

You will partner with design and manufacturing to scale spacecraft hardware production, ensuring reliable, verifiable hardware and supporting quality and mission assurance teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on hardware testing, qualification, and failure analysis experience, plus a commitment to lean quality and data-driven improvement.

Qualifications

• 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, guiding quality inspectors and technicians.
• Lead failure investigations in production, test, and operation; identify root causes and mitigations.
• Provide critical peer review of hardware during design reviews and tests.
• Perform FMEA, test coverage and change management to ensure manufacturability of flight hardware.
• Own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance and hazard analyses.
• Support Mission Assurance's risk management and mitigation tracking.

Skills

Process controls

Data analysis

Collaboration

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer II in El Segundo, CA.

You will partner with design and manufacturing to scale spacecraft hardware production, ensuring reliable, verifiable hardware and supporting quality and mission assurance teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on hardware testing, qualification, and failure analysis experience, plus a commitment to lean quality and data-driven improvement.