Senior Build Reliability Engineer, Hardware

Location: On-site in El Segundo, California, United States. The role requires U.S. person status and authorization to work in the United States because of access to export-controlled items.

Salary: $140,333–$179,314 per year, plus potential stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing, reentry capsules, heat shields, satellite buses, and related spacecraft hardware.

What you will do

• Partner with design and manufacturing teams to create test, manufacturability, and inspection plans for vehicle hardware.
• Contain non-conforming products and guide quality inspectors, technicians, supervisors, and engineers.
• Lead failure investigations across production, testing, and operations, identifying immediate and underlying root causes.
• Review hardware during design reviews and acceptance and qualification test campaigns.
• Perform failure modes and effects analyses, develop requirements compliance matrices, and ensure test coverage, change management, and manufacturability.
• Own vehicle-level regulatory deliverables and support Mission Assurance risk identification, tracking, and mitigation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, computer science, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, or materials science engineering.
• 5+ years of professional experience in aerospace, design, quality, or a related engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with hardware testing, qualification, troubleshooting, or failure analysis.
• Commitment to lean quality principles without compromising safety or reliability.
• Experience applying process controls in high-volume manufacturing, testing, and quality environments.
• Experience generating, processing, and/or analyzing production data.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with a drive to improve reliability in advanced technology.
• Must be a U.S. person authorized to access export-controlled technology and lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Full project lifecycle ownership experience from cradle to grave.
• Proficiency with measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, APQP, metrology, PFMEA, control plans, and other problem-solving methods.
• Hands-on knowledge of CNC machining, additive manufacturing, casting, welding, fastening, or other special manufacturing processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with an in-house spacecraft development, integration, and production organization.
• Collaborate across design, manufacturing, quality, flight reliability, and Mission Assurance.
• Eligible for incentives through stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Employment is subject to U.S. work authorization and export-control eligibility requirements.
• Varda participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program and is an equal opportunity employer.