Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer is open at Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, California, United States. The posting gives a salary of $219K - $244K. Posted on May 27, 2026, and still on Varda Space Industries’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
ADCS hardware performance specification including sizing of reaction wheels, torque rods, IMU/GPS, and star trackers Design and implementation of autonomous satellite attitude control, collision avoidance, orbital rendezvous, burn planning and atmospheric re-entry algorithms Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for the reentry of a space capsule Develop 6 degree of freedom vehicle…
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Varda Space Industries has 131 open roles right now. Most are in Engineering, Manufacturing & Trades and Sales & Business Development. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $160K. See all its roles
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