# Senior Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Engineer 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: Senior
- Location: El Segundo, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $179K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-14
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vardaspace/jobs/8010109003?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/varda-senior-aerodynamics-and-flight-mechanics-engineer/

## About the role

Varda is seeking an Senior Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Engineer to support operation of Varda's current vehicles and the development of Varda's next reentry vehicle – from rarefied entry, to hypersonic maneuvering, and subsonic terminal approach. The candidate must have experience running high speed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and supporting wind tunnel campaigns. Exposure to 6DOF flight dynamics modeling, and experience developing flight rules is strongly preferred. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- BS degree in engineering or physics and 6+ years of relevant industry experience, or a relevant PhD and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
- Meaningful contribution to the aerodynamic development of a hypersonic vehicle that has flown, or is on track to fly within the next 5 years
- Experience analyzing aerodynamic data from test, CFD, flight, and other sources and documenting findings rigorously
- Experience running CFD and DSMC simulations of hypersonic and subsonic flows (Fun3D, LAURA, DPLR, US3D, SPARTA, DAC, CBAero)
- Comfortable building structured and unstructured meshes in Pointwise
- Proficiency in MATLAB or Python

Tags: Aerodynamics

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