Varda Space Industries
Mission Assurance Engineer II, Hardware Reliability
About this role
Varda seeks a Hardware Build Reliability Engineer II to ensure spacecraft hardware production meets quality and reliability standards. You'll partner with design and manufacturing teams to develop test and inspection processes, lead failure investigations, and support mission assurance across vehicle production and operations.
What you'll do
- Develop test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for spacecraft hardware in collaboration with design and manufacturing teams
- Contain non-conforming products and guide quality inspectors, technicians, and engineers on compliance issues
- Lead root cause failure investigations in production, test, and operational environments to improve reliability
- Provide technical peer review during design reviews and acceptance/qualification test campaigns
- Support quality, flight reliability, and mission assurance functions across the organization
- Implement process improvements to enable scaled production of reliable hardware
What they're looking for
- Hardware design and testing experience
- Manufacturing process knowledge and troubleshooting
- Root cause analysis and failure investigation
- Quality assurance and inspection methodology
- Technical documentation and design review participation
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication
- Problem-solving and process optimization
- Spacecraft or aerospace hardware familiarity
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Varda Space Industries
Varda Space Industries builds commercial spacecraft and orbital manufacturing systems for missions in low Earth orbit, including reentry capsules and satellite buses. The company is hiring mission operations engineers, software engineers (ground segment, flight, and embedded), and manufacturing engineers to develop mission-critical systems, operational infrastructure, and scalable production capabilities.
- Website
- varda.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe a time you led a failure investigation in a production environment—what was your approach and what did you learn?
- How have you balanced the need for thorough testing with production schedules and cost constraints?