Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer

Varda Space Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Equity options

Company-paid health coverage

Relocation support

Wellness reimbursement

Parental leave

One Medical membership

Stock incentives

Job summary

Varda Space Industries seeks a Build Reliability Engineer to scale spacecraft hardware production in El Segundo, CA. You will develop test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for vehicle hardware and own regulatory deliverables, ensuring reliability and quality.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, failure investigations, and collaboration across Quality, Flight Reliability, and Mission Assurance to improve producibility and reliability in a high-technology space environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or related engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or materials engineering.
• Demonstrated application of process controls in high volume manufacturing, test, and quality environments.
• Strong computer skills with demonstrated ability in a programming language.
• Experience generating, processing, and/or analyzing data for production insight.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a drive to innovate and 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, 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

Aerospace experience

Process controls

Data analysis

Programming skills

Team collaboration

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related engineering

Tools

MSA

DOE

SPC

PFMEA

APQP

Job description

Varda Space Industries seeks a Build Reliability Engineer to scale spacecraft hardware production in El Segundo, CA. You will develop test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for vehicle hardware and own regulatory deliverables, ensuring reliability and quality.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, failure investigations, and collaboration across Quality, Flight Reliability, and Mission Assurance to improve producibility and reliability in a high-technology space environment.