Varda Space Industries
Spacecraft Electronics Systems Engineer II
About this role
Varda seeks an experienced Avionics/Electronics Systems Engineer II to design, integrate, and test spacecraft avionics systems for the Winnebago vehicle. This role bridges concept through production, managing electrical architecture, risk mitigation, and comprehensive verification while collaborating across engineering teams to ensure mission readiness for in-orbit operations and reentry.
What you'll do
- Define project scopes and requirements with cross-functional teams, guiding designs from concept to full-scale production
- Develop electrical architecture, system diagrams, and budgets for power, telemetry, size, and mass predictions
- Perform fault analysis and risk mitigation, including FDIR development and operational workarounds
- Conduct verification testing on flight and Hardware-In-The-Loop systems for launch and mission readiness
- Lead avionics system integration and act as primary contact for integrated systems investigations
- Design, build, and operate HITL testbeds and ground support infrastructure for vehicle testing
What they're looking for
- Avionics system design and architecture
- Electrical systems and power budgeting
- Programming and software skills
- Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) testing
- Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR)
- Test planning and validation
- Systems integration
- Technical documentation and requirements management
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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 your experience designing and architecting avionics systems for aerospace or high-reliability applications.
- How have you approached fault analysis and mitigation in complex systems where hardware solutions were not feasible?