Varda Space Industries
Space Electrical Engineer, Avionics
About this role
Varda seeks a Space Electrical Engineer specializing in avionics to design, integrate, and test the electrical systems for the Winnebago spacecraft. You'll oversee the complete avionics lifecycle from concept through launch operations, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable performance in orbit and during reentry.
What you'll do
- Design electrical architecture, system diagrams, and budgets for power, telemetry, and signal distribution
- Conduct fault analysis and develop mitigation strategies, including FDIR logic and operational workarounds
- Develop and execute comprehensive verification and validation plans for flight and HITL hardware
- Design, build, and operate Hardware-In-The-Loop testbeds to simulate spacecraft systems on the ground
- Lead avionics system integration and troubleshooting as primary point of contact for integrated systems
- Support mission operations as avionics specialist, assessing system health and reentry readiness
What they're looking for
- Electrical system design and architecture
- Power budgeting and telemetry planning
- Fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR)
- Hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing and simulation
- Python programming and debugging
- Verification and validation planning
- Risk and failure analysis
- Spacecraft systems integration
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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
- Walk us through a spacecraft electrical architecture you've designed—how did you approach power budgeting and mass constraints?
- Describe your experience with FDIR logic. How do you balance hardware solutions against operational workarounds?