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Own full-cycle technical recruiting for Varda’s aerospace engineering teams, including sourcing, candidate engagement, hiring-manager partnership, evaluation, and offer closing. Build scalable recruiting processes, track pipeline health, advise on market conditions and compensation, improve candidate experience, mentor others, and support inclusive hiring. The role is onsite in El Segundo and requires recruiting experience in competitive technical markets, with preferred exposure to hardware startups, Greenhouse ATS, ITAR environments, and aerospace talent networks.

Technical Sourcer responsible for sourcing and attracting engineering talent across aerospace and deep-tech disciplines. The role owns search strategy, intake, talent-market research, candidate pipeline generation, hiring-manager partnerships, candidate engagement, and pre-closing. Success requires consistently delivering qualified candidates, improving sourcing processes, advising on market conditions and compensation, and supporting inclusive hiring. The position is onsite in El Segundo, California and requires experience with hard-to-fill technical roles, LinkedIn Recruiter, advanced Boolean search, and senior-level sourcing.

Own spacecraft final assembly integration from subassembly mating through vehicle closeout. Develop integration procedures, assembly travelers, and work instructions; coordinate structures, propulsion, avionics, and TPS teams; resolve interface conflicts; lead readiness reviews; manage nonconformances and root-cause actions; track cycle time, NCRs, and rework; and define tooling and handling requirements for safe, efficient vehicle production.

Own end-to-end manufacturing processes for propulsion hardware, including valve assembly, tube fabrication, pressure vessel integration, and engine integration. Develop work instructions and process specifications, improve production cadence, enforce cleanliness and contamination controls, lead root-cause corrective actions, define tooling and test requirements, resolve quality issues, and optimize work-cell layouts for concurrent vehicle builds.

Owns manufacturing processes for aerospace structural assemblies, including composites, machined metals, and bonded structures. Develops work instructions, process specifications, travelers, tooling, and production layouts; provides DFM guidance; enforces contamination and FOD controls; leads nonconformance investigations and corrective actions; and coordinates material inspection with supply chain. The role supports scaling spacecraft and reentry capsule production while improving throughput, quality, and build cadence.

Own end-to-end manufacturing processes for aerospace propulsion hardware, including valve assembly, tube fabrication, pressure vessel integration, engine integration, testing, cleanliness control, tooling, and work instructions. Lead process improvements, root cause analysis, corrective actions, quality issue resolution, and production-flow optimization to increase build cadence and support concurrent vehicle production.

Own and improve end-to-end manufacturing processes for propulsion hardware, including valve assembly, tube fabrication, pressure vessel integration, engine integration, and acceptance testing. Develop work instructions and process specifications, enforce cleanliness and contamination controls, lead root-cause corrective actions, define tooling and test equipment, resolve hardware quality issues, and optimize work-cell layouts to increase production cadence and support concurrent vehicle builds.

Own manufacturing and integration processes for spacecraft payload systems, including pharmaceutical hardware, experiments, and customer equipment. Develop work instructions, assembly travelers, acceptance tests, and traceable build records. Interface with payload customers and design teams, provide DFM/DFA feedback, manage contamination control, execute verification, and lead nonconformance root-cause analysis and corrective actions. Coordinate payload readiness with vehicle integration while working hands-on with technicians and flight hardware.

Owns Varda’s advanced-concepts government business pipeline, leading opportunity identification, capture strategy, customer engagement, proposals, negotiations, and contract closure. The role translates classified customer needs into mission concepts, architectures, and business cases while building relationships across defense, intelligence, and government stakeholders. It also develops teaming partnerships, guides bid/no-bid decisions, mentors business development staff, and reports portfolio performance to executives. The position requires extensive national security, acquisition, and non-traditional contracting expertise, active TS/SCI clearance, and substantial travel between Washington, DC and El Segundo.

Owns end-to-end purchasing and strategic sourcing for precision-machined components used in spacecraft and propulsion systems. Responsibilities include issuing RFQs, placing purchase orders, negotiating supplier pricing and lead times, monitoring delivery and quality, developing supplier networks, maintaining planning data, identifying supply constraints, and creating mitigation plans. The role collaborates closely with engineering, production, quality, and suppliers in an on-site aerospace manufacturing environment.