Spacecraft Build Reliability Engineer II | Equity

Vardaspace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Relocation assistance

Equity compensation

Paid time off

Job summary

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer II to partner with design and manufacturing teams. You will size processes, enable scaling, and support Quality, Flight Reliability, and Mission Assurance.

The role requires hands-on hardware test, troubleshooting, and a collaborative mindset. Ideal candidates have a strong track record in high-volume manufacturing, root-cause analysis, and data-driven quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or material sciences engineering.
• 3+ years professional experience 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.
• Demonstrated application of process controls in high volume manufacturing, test, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, and/or analyzing data for production insight.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a drive to innovate and improve reliability in cutting-edge technology.

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, 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

Hardware testing

Failure analysis

Data analysis

Process controls

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree (aerospace/CS/electro/ME/Materials)

Tools

MSA

DOE

SPC

RCA/CA

APQP

Metrology

PFMEA

Control plans

Job description

Varda Space Industries, Inc. in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer II to partner with design and manufacturing teams. You will size processes, enable scaling, and support Quality, Flight Reliability, and Mission Assurance.

The role requires hands-on hardware test, troubleshooting, and a collaborative mindset. Ideal candidates have a strong track record in high-volume manufacturing, root-cause analysis, and data-driven quality improvements.