Varda Space
Structures Engineer
$105K–$180K
El Segundo, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ years in related applications; pay bands list 1–1.5 years (E1), 1–3 years (E2), and 3–6 years (Sr. Engineer).
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person permitted to access the company’s technology without an export license: a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Designs, analyzes, tests, and integrates structural hardware for spacecraft, reentry vehicles, and mechanical ground support equipment.
What you'll do
- Derive hardware requirements, conduct design trades, and evaluate system-level impacts of design decisions.
- Use hand calculations, finite element analyses, and CAD to verify hardware meets requirements; design and execute development and qualification testing.
- Manage hardware delivery and develop tooling for integration and testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- 1+ years of experience in related applications.
- Ability to perform structural analyses; familiarity with 3D CAD software, ideally NX.
- Strong understanding of structural design, analysis, and testing.
Nice to have
- Aerospace hardware development experience, programming tools such as Python or Matlab, or hands-on assembly, fabrication, and machining experience.
- Familiarity with PLM software, ideally Teamcenter.
Pay
$105,000 - $140,000 per year (USD, base salary); $120,000 - $153,000 per year (USD, base salary); $140,000 - 180,000 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
Ansys, Femap, Nastran, NX, Python, Matlab, Teamcenter
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