Varda Space
Avionics Hardware Development Engineer
$109K–$173K
El Segundo, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of direct electronics hardware design experience.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person permitted to access the company’s export-controlled technology without an export license; defined as a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Designs, manufactures, tests, and supports avionics hardware through its full lifecycle for Varda’s space vehicles and products.
What you'll do
- Develop mixed-signal designs and guide them from requirements through qualification and production release.
- Design and test circuit boards, including environmental and vehicle-level integration testing.
- Support avionics architecture, risk and root-cause analyses, and mitigation of flight risks.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related field.
- 3+ years of direct electronics hardware design experience, including schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up.
- Experience designing flight-hardware circuit boards through functional test on programs where hardware flew or was qualified for flight.
- Hands-on lab equipment experience and knowledge of mixed-signal design, filtering, board layout, and scripting or data-analysis languages.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering flight avionics for aircraft, launch vehicles, or space applications.
- Altium Designer experience and/or environmental testing or launch-vehicle avionics integration experience.
Pay
USD $109,148 - $157,658 per year (base salary); USD $119,543 - $172,673 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, MATLAB, Altium Designer, oscilloscopes, function generators, benchtop digital multimeters, power supplies, TVAC
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