Senior Astrodynamics Engineer

Varda Space Industries(1 month ago)

El Segundo, CA, California, United StatesOnsiteFull TimeSenior$134,384 - $181,209 (estimated)Autonomous Systems

About this role

The Senior Astrodynamics Engineer will lead mission planning and orbital mechanics for commercial reentry vehicles, developing full-cycle trajectory designs and reentry profiles. The role sits on the Autonomous Systems team and involves building modeling and simulation tooling, supporting on-orbit and reentry operations, and enabling precision landing to return manufactured products to Earth. The engineer will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary vehicle, propulsion, software, and flight operations teams to ensure mission objectives and vehicle designs are met.

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Required Skills

Trajectory Design
Orbital Analysis
Trajectory Optimization
Dispersion Analysis
Propulsion Collaboration
Autonomous Navigation
Collision Avoidance
Orbital Rendezvous
Reentry Algorithms
Monte Carlo

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Qualifications

B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Related Field
PhD

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.