Senior Mission Manager

Varda Space Industries

2 months ago

El Segundo, California

Onsite

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Senior Mission Manager to act as the primary customer-facing technical and programmatic interface for missions involving in-space manufacturing and hypersonic flight testing. The role oversees customer missions end-to-end, from pre-contract planning through development, launch, operations, and recovery, while aligning internal resources to meet mission objectives. This position is based at Varda’s El Segundo, California headquarters.

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Qualifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreeITAR Eligible

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.