Space Systems Integration & Test Engineer — Equity

Varda Space Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Relocation support

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Equity/stock options

Job summary

Varda Space Industries is seeking an Integration and Test Engineer in El Segundo, CA to own vehicle integration and test campaigns ensuring flight readiness. You will interface with engineering teams to drive design, test, and operations across electrical, mechanical, and software domains.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware work, manufacturing knowledge, and problem-solving to enable reliable spaceflight.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering, physics, or related field with 1+ years of experience in systems, integration, and/or test.
• Teamwork, communication, and problem solving in a collaborative environment.
• Strong first principles thinking and breadth across electrical, mechanical, software, etc.
• Hands-on experience building aerospace vehicles; must lift 25 lbs.
• Comfortable bending, stooping, standing and working directly with hardware on the floor.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the vehicle integration and test campaign to validate and verify vehicle flight readiness.
• Own vehicle technical and programmatic decisions to ensure vehicle success.
• Create, maintain, and execute build and test procedures.
• Create and maintain build schedules to drive delivery of flight components, ground support equipment, and software readiness.
• Maintain vehicle system budgets (power, mass, telemetry, etc) and ensure tools output relevant information for all teams.
• Evaluate vehicle change impacts and drive execution of change implementation.
• Own avionics systems, schematics, and harness design.
• Operate vehicles in space.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem solving

First principles thinking

Aerospace hands-on

Lift 25 lbs

C++/Python

NX CAD

Harness design

Education

B.S. in engineering/physics or related field

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

Varda Space Industries is seeking an Integration and Test Engineer in El Segundo, CA to own vehicle integration and test campaigns ensuring flight readiness. You will interface with engineering teams to drive design, test, and operations across electrical, mechanical, and software domains.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware work, manufacturing knowledge, and problem-solving to enable reliable spaceflight.