Varda Space Industries is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing and reentry capsules. Our W-Series vehicles are designed, built, and tested in-house, with production facilities in El Segundo, California, and offices in Washington, DC and Huntsville, AL.

About this Role: As a Senior Payload Systems Integration and Test Engineer, you will own the end-to-end mission success for a diverse portfolio of payloads, including both internally designed payloads and hosted customer payloads. Example payloads include inertial, RF, or optical sensors and communication systems, as well as pharmaceutical processing equipment and instrumentation. You will serve as the technical bridge between each payload and the vehicle, defining interfaces, planning and executing integration and test campaigns, coordinating in-orbit operations, and ensuring safe recovery of payload data and hardware. When payloads require special accommodations or vehicle modifications, you will work across the vehicle engineering team to scope and implement these changes. This role is ideal for system-minded engineers who enjoy both concept synthesis and hands-on integration and test.

Varda Space Industries is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing and reentry capsules. Our W-Series vehicles are designed, built, and tested in-house, with production facilities in El Segundo, California, and offices in Washington, DC and Huntsville, AL.

About this Role: As a Senior Payload Systems Integration and Test Engineer, you will own the end-to-end mission success for a diverse portfolio of payloads, including both internally designed payloads and hosted customer payloads. Example payloads include inertial, RF, or optical sensors and communication systems, as well as pharmaceutical processing equipment and instrumentation. You will serve as the technical bridge between each payload and the vehicle, defining interfaces, planning and executing integration and test campaigns, coordinating in-orbit operations, and ensuring safe recovery of payload data and hardware. When payloads require special accommodations or vehicle modifications, you will work across the vehicle engineering team to scope and implement these changes. This role is ideal for system-minded engineers who enjoy both concept synthesis and hands-on integration and test.