# Mechanisms Engineer - Payloads at Varda

- Company: Varda
- What the company does: Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://varda.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: El Segundo, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $105K to $139K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vardaspace/jobs/7997888003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/varda-mechanisms-engineer-payloads/

## About the role

As a Mechanisms Engineer on Varda’s Payload team, you will develop electromechanical flight hardware that operates in orbit, endures hypersonic reentry, and returns to Earth for inspection and iteration. You will take full-stack responsibility for payloads across both pharmaceutical manufacturing and hypersonic reentry testbed missions—delivering flight hardware from concept through build, test, launch, and recovery.

## What they're looking for

- BS/BEng in Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics, or related engineering discipline
- Strong fundamentals in structures, heat transfer, fluids, and dynamics
- Hands-on experience designing, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting electromechanical hardware
- Ability to communicate effectively across disciplines

Tags: Payload & Mechanisms