Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer II

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

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Health insurance—medical, dental, and視

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA seeks a Mission Assurance Engineer II - Build Reliability to partner with design and manufacturing teams, ensuring verified, reliable spacecraft hardware at scale.

The role includes leading failure investigations, supporting quality and mission assurance, and owning vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance. A hands-on background in hardware testing and data analysis is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, or materials engineering.
• 3+ years 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.
• Experience applying process controls in high-volume manufacturing, test, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, and analyzing data for production insight.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills with a drive to improve reliability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design engineering and manufacturing to create test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for vehicle hardware.
• Contain non-conforming product and guide quality inspectors and shop staff.
• Lead failure investigations in production, test, and operation to identify and mitigate root causes.
• Provide peer review of hardware during design reviews and test campaigns.
• Perform FMEA, create test coverage tools, and ensure manufacturability of flight hardware.
• Own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory requirements and verification evidence.
• Support Mission Assurance's risk management and mitigations.

Skills

Hardware testing

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Process controls

Team collaboration

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Measurement systems analysis

Design of Experiments

Statistical Process Control

Root Cause Analysis

APQP

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA seeks a Mission Assurance Engineer II - Build Reliability to partner with design and manufacturing teams, ensuring verified, reliable spacecraft hardware at scale.

The role includes leading failure investigations, supporting quality and mission assurance, and owning vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance. A hands-on background in hardware testing and data analysis is essential for success.