Manager, Vehicle Systems Integration & Test

The role

This leader will drive processes and playbooks to deliver vehicles to space. You will manage a multidisciplinary team working across the full lifecycle of satellite development.

What you will do

• Mentor and manage a team of engineers, including hiring and performance management
• Own engineering development roadmap to sustain increasing flight cadence
• Lead team to develop vehicle integration and test campaigns to ensure flight readiness
• Manage the technical outcome and milestone schedule to enable the delivery of vehicles on schedule
• Develop frameworks to evaluate vehicle change impacts and drive execution of vehicle-level change implementation
• Stay hands-on with vehicle integration and test

Required qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering, physics, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in systems, integration, and/or test engineering
• Experience with mentoring team members and providing feedback
• Teamwork, communication, and problem solving in a collaborative environment
• Proven experience working on complex technical programs
• Strong first principles thinking and technical breadth across relevant fields (structures, electronics, propulsion, software, etc.)
• Technical depth in electronics, fluid propulsion, and/or systems engineering

Nice to have

• Experience with project management of the full lifecycle of a project
• Experience developing and communicating project technical roadmaps
• Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages, such as C++ & Python
• Experience with aerospace hardware development practices
• Unigraphics NX experience or similar CAD software

Benefits

• Stock options
• Long-term cash awards

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual) to access export-controlled items

About the company

Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California.