Senior Design Engineer
About The Position
At Varda Space Industries, we’re pioneering in-space manufacturing to advance humanity’s presence in space. Varda is seeking a versatile Senior Design Engineer to lead the creation and management of vehicle hardware designs while managing and optimizing essential CAD system infrastructure. This role blends hands-on design with responsibilities to enhance our Siemens NX and Teamcenter environment, ensuring consistency and efficiency across engineering teams. If you’re passionate about aerospace design, collaboration, and empowering others, this is your opportunity to make a transformative impact. This is a full-time, exempt position located at our El Segundo headquarters.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or related engineering field with 5+ years of design experience using Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
- Advanced proficiency in 3D modeling, design for manufacturability (DFM), and 2D technical drawing creation, adhering to ASME Y14.5 standards.
- Experience creating and managing large CAD assemblies.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across engineering teams.
Nice To Haves
- Expertise in diverse NX design techniques, including tube routing, harness routing and surface modeling.
- Experience enhancing CAD environments by developing templates, libraries, or workflows within NX or Teamcenter.
- Familiarity with collaborating on CAD system customization, such as working with vendors or internal IT to refine workflows or incorporate enhanced functionality.
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple design projects and system support tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with mechanical engineering design, manufacturing and basic analysis practices.
- Familiarity working with production teams to generate manufacturing bill of materials (mBOM).
Responsibilities
- Create and manage 3D models, 2D technical drawings, and large CAD assemblies for spacecraft hardware using Siemens NX, adhering to ASME Y14.5 standards.
- Ownership of the overall bill of materials (BOM), vehicle configuration, and hardware release process.
- Design tooling, jigs and fixtures to support in-house build and integration activities.
- Collaborate directly with part owners on new flight and MGSE hardware design projects.
- Codify design for manufacturability (DFM) best practices and provide feedback on hardware designs.
- Collaborate with engineering leads to define, implement and maintain CAD standards, templates, and libraries in Siemens NX to ensure consistency across design teams.
- Train and mentor CAD users (designers, engineers) on NX and Teamcenter best practices, boosting team productivity.
- Update existing designs through engineering change notices to support rapid iteration and project goals.
Benefits
- Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
- Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
- 401(k) matching (interns excluded)
- Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
- Health insurance, including Vision and Dental
- Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
- Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
