Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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About Varda
Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure from inorbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.
From lifesaving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optics there is a world of products used on Earth today that can only be manufactured in space. Varda is accelerating innovation in the orbital economy by creating both the products and infrastructure needed so space can directly benefit life on Earth. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.
Our team is uniquely suited to accomplishing this goal with leadership and staff comprised of veterans from SpaceX Blue Origin major pharmaceutical companies and Silicon Valley. Varda was founded in January 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov with significant backing from world class investors including Khosla Ventures Lux Capital Founders Fund Caffeinated Capital General Catalyst and Also Capital.
Varda is headquartered in El Segundo California where we have offices and a production facility where our vehicles equipment and materials are built integrated and tested. Varda also has offices in Washington DC and Huntsville AL (coming soon).
Join Varda and work to create a bustling inspace ecosystem.
About This Role
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Varda you will have the opportunity to utilize your experience to scale manufacturing from a few bespoke vehicles to many consistent concurrent builds. Manufacturing engineers will be a vital part in increase Vardas build cadence working directly with design engineers and technicians for a broad array of processes (structures thermal protection systems propulsion and avionics components) required to manufacture our vehicles. The focus of the job is to implement incremental improvement for every vehicle Varda produces.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical direction to improve build processes to scale and hit increase vehicle cadence
- Collaborate with other engineers and technicians to solve largescale production challenges
- Refine floor layouts capacity models and product flow analysis
- Develop and implement standardized processes for vehicle integration
- Assess cost of increasing work cell capabilities and proposing plans to increase internal capabilities
- Proactively coordinate with technicians team and supply chain to prevent schedule delays
- Review work instructions to make change recommendations when required and identify tooling/training gaps
- Identify and resolve nonconformance issues implement root cause corrective actions
Basic Qualifications
- B.S. degree in mechanical manufacturing or aerospace engineering
- 4 years of manufacturing experience
- Teamwork communication (verbal and written) and problem solving in a collaborative environment
- Proven experience working on complex technical programs preferably within aerospace or related industries
- Strong first principles thinking
- Handson experience building complex vehicles
- Must be physically able to regularly lift 25 lbs.
- Must be comfortable bending stooping and standing
- Handson position may require standing and working directly with hardware on the floor
PreferredSkills and Experience
- Knowledge of aerospace vehicle systems
- Experience with project management of the full lifecycle of a project
- Experience transitioning complex assemblies from development to production
- Experience with aerospace hardware development practices (e.g. qualification testing practices cleanliness ESD grounding etc.
- Experience across structures propulsion and/or avionics production
- Prior work in a technical role for a launch vehicle or satellite development effort
- Experience with tooling design and analysis using 3D CAD software
Pay Range
- Salary Range: $133650 $193050/per year
- This role isonsitein El Segundo CA
- Leveling and base salary is determined by jobrelated skills education level experience level and job performance
- You will be eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or longterm cash awards
ITAR Requirements
Varda like all employers must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally our employees are exposed to and have access to certain exportcontrolled items. At present some of our technology to which employees have access requires a license to be exported to individuals other than U.S. Persons as defined in U.S. export regulations. Because our employees are provided access to exportcontrolled items our current policy is to only hire U.S. persons who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.
US person means: U.S. citizen U.S. lawful permanent resident or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)3 (i.e. individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum in the U.S.
Learn more about the ITAR here.
Benefits
- Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
- Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
- 401(k) matching (interns excluded)
- Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
- Health insurance including Vision and Dental
- Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
- Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)
Varda Space Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit qualifications and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race color gender national origin ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity martial status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
EVerify Statement
Varda Space Industries Inc. participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security EVerify program. The EVerify program is an Internetbased employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about theEVerifyprogram.
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Employment Type
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