Varda Space

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Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Thermal Protection Systems)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 29d North AmericaFull-time

Manufacturing Engineer II (Thermal Protection Systems)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 24d North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Payload Systems, Integration, & Test Engineer

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Senior engineer at Varda who owns payloads end-to-end: scoping missions, defining interfaces (ICDs), planning and running integration and environmental test campaigns (vibration, TVAC, EMI/EMC), coordinating in-orbit operations, and recovering payload data and hardware. Hands-on role bridging pharma and customer payloads with the vehicle team, on-site in El Segundo, CA.

140K – 179K $

Open 23d North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Integration)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 23d North AmericaFull-time

Manufacturing Engineer II (Integration)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 15d North AmericaFull-timePrincipal

Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Payloads)

About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 15d North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Payloads)

About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

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Manufacturing Engineer II (Payloads)

About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 23d North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Structures)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

Open 23d North AmericaFull-time

Manufacturing Engineer II (Structures)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

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Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Propulsion)

About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

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10 hours ago

Manufacturing Engineer II (Propulsion)

About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

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14 hours ago

Senior Flight Software Engineer

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Builds reliable C++ flight software for Varda's spacecraft — satellite buses and reentry capsules — owning the full lifecycle from requirements capture and design through testing, V&V, integration, and flight operational support. On-site in El Segundo, CA, writing bare metal, RTOS, or Linux embedded software.

169K – 216K $

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14 hours ago

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

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Senior Embedded Software Engineer on Varda Space's Flight Software team builds reliable C++ firmware for spacecraft, satellite buses, and reentry capsules — owning the full cycle from requirements capture through testing and flight operational support. On-site in El Segundo, CA.

169K – 216K $

Open 15d North AmericaFull-time

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Manufacturing Engineer II (Avionics / Electromechanical / Harnessing)

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About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s…

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Propulsion Engineer I - Hardware and Bus Systems

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Entry-level propulsion engineer at Varda Space, hands-on owner of spacecraft propulsion hardware and subsystems — design, analysis, testing, and on-console flight operations for satellite buses. Works with CAD (NX/SolidWorks/CATIA), FEA (ANSYS/NASTRAN), and Python/MATLAB automation. On-site in El Segundo, CA; U.S. person status required due to ITAR.

109K – 139K $

Open 16d North AmericaFull-timePrincipal

Principal Avionics Hardware Development Engineer

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Varda Space is hiring a Principal Avionics Hardware Development Engineer in El Segundo, CA to architect and design flight-critical electronics — flight computers, power systems, and sensors — for satellite buses, reentry vehicles, and payloads. The work spans PCB schematic/layout, qualification testing (thermal, vibe, TVAC, EMI), and Python/MATLAB-based analysis.

182K – 263K $

Open 16d North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Avionics Hardware Development Engineer

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Designs and owns flight-critical avionics hardware for Varda's satellite buses, reentry vehicles, and payloads, from schematic capture and PCB layout through validation and environmental qualification (thermal, vibe, TVAC, EMI). Core tech: mixed-signal and power electronics design, SPI/RS422/1000BASE-T protocols, plus Python/MATLAB for analysis.

140K – 203K $

Open 132d North AmericaFull-time

Vehicle Systems, Integration, & Test Engineer

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Own and execute spacecraft integration, test, and verification campaigns to ensure flight readiness, including avionics, harness design, and system budgets.

110K – 160K $