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Principal Fluid Systems Engineer - Payloads
Varda Space is hiring a Principal Fluid Systems Engineer in El Segundo, CA to define and lead development of first-of-their-kind electromechanical fluid-handling payloads that manufacture pharmaceuticals in microgravity and survive hypersonic reentry. The role spans requirements, architecture, precision valves/pumps/thermal control hardware, testing campaigns, and mentoring, using tools like Pytho
Senior Fluid Systems Engineer - Payloads
Designs and owns precision fluid-handling payload hardware that manufactures pharmaceuticals in microgravity and endures reentry — valves, pumps, manifolds, and thermal control — taking payloads from concept through launch, on-orbit operation, and recovery at Varda's El Segundo facility.
Senior Payload Systems Integration & Test Engineer
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.
Senior Space Systems Engineer, Flight Safety
A senior aerospace systems engineer owns mission safety and reentry compliance at Varda — building Flight Safety Analyses, FMEA/FHA, expected casualty and debris risk models, and the regulatory strategy for FAA Part 450 and Range Safety licensing. Day to day this spans safety-critical design verification through acting as Flight Safety responsible engineer during live on-console recovery operation
Space Systems Engineer, Flight Safety
Varda Space is hiring a Space Systems Engineer focused on flight safety in El Segundo, CA: performing flight safety analyses, FMEA/FHA, failure-mode trajectory and debris containment modeling, and producing FAA Part 450 / Range Safety regulatory compliance artifacts, including on-console mission operations support.
Thermal Hardware and Test Engineer II
Hands-on engineer at Varda who designs, builds, and tests ground and spacecraft thermal and fluid systems — active/passive control hardware like heat pipes and pumped fluid loops, plus TVac test rigs, instrumentation, and DAQ. Core tools include Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, and MATLAB; on-site in El Segundo, CA.
Senior Propulsion Engineer - Hardware and Bus Systems
Hands-on technical owner of the propulsion subsystem and flight hardware across Varda's satellite buses, covering architecture, analysis, mechanical design, testing, and ground/in-orbit operations. Core tools include CAD (CATIA/SolidWorks/NX), FEA (ANSYS/NASTRAN), P&IDs, and Python automation.
Vehicle Systems Integration & Test Engineer
Own and execute spacecraft integration, test, and verification campaigns to ensure flight readiness, including avionics, harness design, and system budgets.
Mechanisms Technician (Aerospace)
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…
Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer
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…
Scientist, Analytical Sciences
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…
Senior Scientist, Analytical Sciences
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…
Senior Vehicle Systems Integration & Test Engineer
Lead end-to-end integration, test, and in-orbit operations for Varda’s W-series spacecraft, defining test campaigns, resolving system trade-offs, and commanding vehicles in space.
Spacecraft Technician (Propulsion and Harness Integration – Satellites)
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…
Supply Chain Engineer - Avionics/Electro-Mechanical
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…
Manager, Vehicle Systems Integration & Test
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…
Avionics Hardware Development Engineer
Designs, manufactures, and tests avionics hardware — flight computers, power systems, RF, and sensor boards — for Varda's spacecraft, owning mixed-signal PCB designs through the full lifecycle from requirements and schematic capture to environmental qualification (thermal, vibe, shock, TVAC, EMI). On-site in El Segundo, CA.
Geographic Information System Software Developer
Early-career GIS developer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who builds, automates, and maintains Python-based geospatial data workflows, analysis tools, QA checks, and GIS applications/web services. Requires U.S. citizenship for a DOE Q-level clearance; hybrid work in Livermore, CA.
Solutions Architect
Designs secure, integrated technology solutions supporting NNSA business services and mission-critical operations at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, collaborating with stakeholders to select technologies, define architectures, and guide deployments of COTS and in-house apps on VMware, RHEL/Windows Server, Docker/Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure.
Technical Consultant / System Administration Liaison – Active Security Clearance Required
Tier 1 hotline support for Livermore Computing's high-performance computing users, escalating tickets to tier 2/3 system administrators and performing project-based DevOps/sysadmin work on Linux and OpenShift clusters. Requires an active DOE Q or Top Secret security clearance.