Senior Mechanisms Engineer - Payloads is open at Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, California, United States. The posting gives a salary of $140K - $179K. Posted on Sep 17, 2026, and still on Varda Space Industries’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Own multi-payload missions from concept through design, integration, launch, reentry, and recovery Lead the design of mechanisms, structures, thermal/fluid interfaces, and electromechanical assemblies Independently perform structural, thermal, and fluid analyses (hand calcs, python/matlab models, and FEA as needed) Build, instrument, and test prototypes and flight hardware Coordinate cross-functional inputs…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Varda Space Industries’s careers page.
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