Spacecraft Build & Reliability Engineer II

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term cash awards

Job summary

Varda Space Industries is hiring a Build Reliability Engineer II to partner with design and manufacturing teams to scale spacecraft hardware production.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware test, qualification, and troubleshooting with a lean quality focus to ensure reliable, safe systems at rate. On-site at El Segundo, CA, with opportunities to influence mission assurance and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or material sciences engineering.

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 to reduce risk and improve designs and processes.
• Provide peer reviews of hardware during design reviews and test campaigns.
• Perform FMEA, ensure test coverage, change management, and manufacturability of flight hardware.
• Own vehicle-level deliverables for regulatory compliance and hazard analyses.
• Support Mission Assurance's risk management and mitigations.

Skills

Hardware test & troubleshooting

Process control in high-volume

Data analysis for production

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality & reliability focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Quality tools knowledge

Job description

Varda Space Industries is hiring a Build Reliability Engineer II to partner with design and manufacturing teams to scale spacecraft hardware production.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware test, qualification, and troubleshooting with a lean quality focus to ensure reliable, safe systems at rate. On-site at El Segundo, CA, with opportunities to influence mission assurance and regulatory compliance.