Mechanisms Engineer - Payloads

Varda Space Industries(1 month ago)

El Segundo, CA, California, United StatesOnsiteFull TimeMedior$96,615 - $129,251 (estimated)Engineering

About this role

The Mechanisms Engineer on Varda’s Payload team develops electromechanical flight hardware that operates in orbit, survives hypersonic reentry, and returns for inspection and iteration. The role owns payloads from concept through build, test, launch, reentry, and recovery, working across internal teams and external partners. This is a hands-on engineering position focused on accelerating flight-ready hardware delivery for pharmaceutical manufacturing and hypersonic testbed missions.

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Required Skills

Payload Hardware
Mechanisms Design
Structures
Thermal Interfaces
Fluid Interfaces
Electromechanical
Structural Analysis
Thermal Analysis
Fluid Analysis
FEA

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Qualifications

BS/BEng in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Mechatronics Engineering
US Person (ITAR)
Ability to Obtain Government Security Clearance

About Varda Space Industries

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Varda Space Industries is a commercial space company building the world’s first orbital manufacturing and reentry platform to produce high‑value materials and products in microgravity and return them safely to Earth. They provide end‑to‑end services — designing, launching, operating, and recovering manufacturing payloads — to enable new classes of pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, and precision‑manufactured goods that benefit from space conditions. Varda’s mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind by commercializing space‑based manufacturing and partnering with industry to scale production and bring space‑derived products to market.