Space Systems Applications Engineer

Varda Space Industries, Inc.; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation support

Company-paid health insurance

401(k) with match

Parental leave

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Applications Engineer to join our El Segundo headquarters.

You will lead efforts to develop, deploy, improve, and manage all Engineering applications across PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, and related tools, coordinating with multiple engineering teams to ensure scalable, compliant workflows from concept to production. You will build internal applications and ETL pipelines, design Power BI dashboards, and develop AI-powered tooling to streamline

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience supporting or managing enterprise engineering applications (PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, or engineering change management tools).
• Demonstrated experience building reports and dashboards in a BI platform (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent).
• Comfortable gathering requirements directly from end users and iterating prototypes to production.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering systems stack (PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, change management).
• Map and re-engineer engineering workflows to eliminate manual handoffs and improve data capture at the source.
• Build internal applications (low-code and custom-built) and ETL pipelines that connect engineering tools into the broader enterprise data layer.
• Design analytics dashboards and reports in Power BI, SQL, and Python to surface decisions for engineering and manufacturing leaders.
• Build, pilot, and deploy AI-powered tools, including LLM-based agents and generative tooling to streamline engineering workflows.
• Support AS9100 and CMMC compliance documentation, and partner with IT/Infosec on access and audit readiness.
• Lead training and enablement that drives adoption and reduces shadow IT across engineering.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Python

BI dashboards

End-user requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

PLM

CAD/PDM

MBSE

Teamcenter/Windchill/Arena

SolidWorks PDM/Vault

ETL tools (Alteryx, dbt, SSIS, Informatica)

Cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, AWS Redshift)

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Applications Engineer to join our El Segundo headquarters.

You will lead efforts to develop, deploy, improve, and manage all Engineering applications across PLM, CAD/PDM, MBSE, and related tools, coordinating with multiple engineering teams to ensure scalable, compliant workflows from concept to production. You will build internal applications and ETL pipelines, design Power BI dashboards, and develop AI-powered tooling to streamline