Spacecraft Systems Engineer II, Avionics
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "Systems Engineer II, Avionics". Not to be used as heading.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings.
We must include a section only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections: About the role (from "About This Role" paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Basic Qualifications (list). Preferred Skills And Experience (list). Pay Range (salary range). Benefits (list). Schedule? The posting says "This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA." That's schedule/location. Could be considered Schedule? The instruction says use
for Schedule if present. It says location not schedule but we could treat as Schedule? Probably better to include a section "Schedule" with on-site location. However they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting states "This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA." That's location, not schedule (like full-time, part-time). But maybe we can treat as Schedule? Might be safer to omit Schedule section if not explicit schedule like full-time/part-time. The posting does not mention work hours. So we skip Schedule.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include details about Varda company description? The "About Varda" paragraph is likely considered boilerplate? It's company overview, not specific to role. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Company overview might be considered not boilerplate but it's generic about Varda. However it's part of the job posting; maybe we should keep it under "About the role"? Actually "About This Role" is separate. The initial "About Varda" is company description. Should we keep? It's substantive info about the company. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep it. But where to place? Could be a section "About Varda" but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. They said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should stick to those headings. The company overview could go under "About the role" maybe as prose. The "About This Role" already is a heading; we could combine company overview into that section as prose before the role description. That seems acceptable.
Thus structure:
About the role
Company overview paragraph(s) + role overview paragraph.
Then responsibilities list.
Then Basic Qualifications (maybe heading "Basic Qualifications" or "Qualifications"? The instruction list includes Qualifications. We'll use Qualifications
for basic qualifications.
Then Preferred Skills And Experience: maybe heading "Skills" or "Preferred Skills". Use Skills
.
Then Pay Range: heading Pay
with salary range.
Then Benefits: heading Benefits
with list.
We need to ensure we use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So responsibilities list, qualifications list (basic qualifications items), preferred skills list, benefits list.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include details like "Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field." etc.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading.
We need to remove ITAR, E-Verify, EEO, etc.
We need to remove duplicated lines: there may be duplicated benefit lines for full-time and internship; we need to keep both? The posting includes benefits for regular full-time positions and internship positions. Both are substantive; we should keep both but maybe combine? We should preserve all substantive info; we can list both sets under Benefits, maybe separate subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings beyond allowed? Could still use
to differentiate. We'll just list all benefits as bullet points; duplicates may appear (like Fully stocked kitchen etc appears in both). We should avoid duplicating identical lines? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate identical benefit items that appear in both full-time and internship sections. Let's list unique benefits.
Let's extract benefits:
From Full-Time:
- Flexible PTO policy + 12 paid holidays
- 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options
- Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance
- $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses
- 12 weeks of parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers)
- Family building, pregnancy, parenting and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic
- Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents
- Substantial incentive equity in a fully funded space start-up
- 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match (immediately vested)
- $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement
- Relocation support for new hires, if needed
- Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations
- Complimentary EV charging
From Internship:
- Paid observed holidays.
- 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options.
- $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses.
- Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents.
- $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement.
- Up to $4,000 gross up in relocation support, if eligible
- Up to $850 commute credit through Lyft or car rental reimbursement, if eligible.
- Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations
- Complimentary EV charging
Now deduplicate:
- Flexible PTO policy + 12 paid holidays (full-time) vs Paid observed holidays (internship) – not identical; keep both.
- 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options (identical) – keep one.
- $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses (identical) – keep one.
- Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents (identical) – keep one.
- $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement (identical) – keep one.
- Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly (identical) – keep one.
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations (identical) – keep one.
- Complimentary EV charging (identical) – keep one.
- Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance (full-time only) – keep.
- 12 weeks of parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers) (full-time only) – keep.
- Family building, pregnancy, parenting and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic (full-time only) – keep.
- Substantial incentive equity in a fully funded space start-up (full-time only) – keep.
- 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match (immediately vested) (full-time only) – keep.
- Relocation support for new hires, if needed (full-time) vs Up to $4,000 gross up in relocation support, if eligible (internship) – not identical; keep both? They are similar but different wording. We'll keep both as separate items.
- Up to $850 commute credit through Lyft or car rental reimbursement, if eligible (internship only) – keep.
Thus benefits list.
Now responsibilities list: need to extract bullet points from responsibilities paragraph.
Responsibilities text:
"Collaborate with cross functional teams to define project scopes and initial requirements, guiding designs from concept to prototype and full-scale production.
Develop electrical architecture, system diagrams, and budgets to account for power, telemetry, channel count, size, and mass predictions used to communicate closing vehicle solutions to company level objectives.
Analyze architecture for potential faults and risks, develop comprehensive mitigation plans, resolve uncertainties, and collaborate on Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) or operational workarounds when hardware solutions are unfeasible.
Conduct comprehensive verification plans for avionics systems on flight and HITL hardware, ensuring readiness for launch and compliance with mission objectives for space and reentry operations.
Participate in mission operations as an Avionics specialist or system operator, where they’ll determine system health, suggest corrective actions to reentry commit criteria for operational success.
Oversee the integration of the Winnebago avionics systems, acting as the primary point of contact for integrated systems investigations.
Design, build, and operate the Hardware In The Loop (HITL) testbeds, simulating the spacecraft on the ground to ensure all systems are mission ready.
Develop avionics ground infrastructure, support the design and integration of test racks and R&D equipment used to power and communicate with the flight vehicles.
Contribute to developing engineering best practices, focusing on increased test automation and efficiency.
Draw from their experiences to help mentor and train new engineers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the team."
We'll make each a
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Now Basic Qualifications list:
"Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
Experience: 3+ years of experience in system design, test planning, and validation.
Programming Skills: Proficiency in programming and debugging with Python.
Technical Expertise: Experience with power supplies, modular DAQ systems, RTD and 4-20mA devices, and general test equipment."
We'll make each a
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Preferred Skills And Experience list:
"Proven experience taking vehicle electrical systems from concept to operational production.
Prior experience setting up HITL testbeds, managing configuration control, and conducting system level tests.
Familiarity with Unix environments and the ability to use command line utilities.
Experience developing test cases and test equipment to meet vehicle operating conditions.
Strong project or program management skills.
Relevant prior roles: Avionics Hardware, FPGA Engineer, Electronics Test Engineer, Electrical Systems Engineer"
Make each
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Pay Range: "Salary range: Engineer II: $119,543 - $152,749/ per year. This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA." We'll put in
maybe with both salary and location. Since location not schedule, we can include in Pay section or separate paragraph. We'll include in Pay section as prose.
Now About the role section: need to include company overview paragraph plus role overview paragraph.
Company overview paragraphs: The initial block about Varda: "About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s W-Series vehicles are built, designed, and operated by Varda in-house, including the pharmaceutical processing payloads, the capsules, the C-PICA heat shields, and the satellite buses
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is "Systems Engineer II, Avionics". Not to be used as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must include a section only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections: About the role (from "About This Role" paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Basic Qualifications (list). Preferred Skills And Experience (list). Pay Range (salary range). Benefits (list). Schedule? The posting says "This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA." That's schedule/location. Could be considered Schedule? The instruction says use
for Schedule if present. It says location not schedule but we could treat as Schedule? Probably better to include a section "Schedule" with on-site location. However they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting states "This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA." That's location, not schedule (like full-time, part-time). But maybe we can treat as Schedule? Might be safer to omit Schedule section if not explicit schedule like full-time/part-time. The posting does not mention work hours. So we skip Schedule.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include details about Varda company description? The "About Varda" paragraph is likely considered boilerplate? It's company overview, not specific to role. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Company overview might be considered not boilerplate but it's generic about Varda. However it's part of the job posting; maybe we should keep it under "About the role"? Actually "About This Role" is separate. The initial "About Varda" is company description. Should we keep? It's substantive info about the company. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep it. But where to place? Could be a section "About Varda" but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. They said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should stick to those headings. The company overview could go under "About the role" maybe as prose. The "About This Role" already is a heading; we could combine company overview into that section as prose before the role description. That seems acceptable.
Thus structure:
About the role
About the role
Company overview paragraph(s) + role overview paragraph.
Then responsibilities list. Then Basic Qualifications (maybe heading "Basic Qualifications" or "Qualifications"? The instruction list includes Qualifications. We'll useQualifications
for basic qualifications. Then Preferred Skills And Experience: maybe heading "Skills" or "Preferred Skills". UseSkills
. Then Pay Range: headingPay
with salary range. Then Benefits: headingBenefits
with list. We need to ensure we use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So responsibilities list, qualifications list (basic qualifications items), preferred skills list, benefits list.
We need to preserve all substantive info: include details like "Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field." etc.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading.
We need to remove ITAR, E-Verify, EEO, etc.
We need to remove duplicated lines: there may be duplicated benefit lines for full-time and internship; we need to keep both? The posting includes benefits for regular full-time positions and internship positions. Both are substantive; we should keep both but maybe combine? We should preserve all substantive info; we can list both sets under Benefits, maybe separate subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings beyond allowed? Could still use
to differentiate. We'll just list all benefits as bullet points; duplicates may appear (like Fully stocked kitchen etc appears in both). We should avoid duplicating identical lines? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should deduplicate identical benefit items that appear in both full-time and internship sections. Let's list unique benefits. Let's extract benefits: From Full-Time: - Flexible PTO policy + 12 paid holidays - 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options - Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance - $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses - 12 weeks of parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers) - Family building, pregnancy, parenting and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic - Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents - Substantial incentive equity in a fully funded space start-up - 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match (immediately vested) - $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement - Relocation support for new hires, if needed - Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly - Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations - Complimentary EV charging From Internship: - Paid observed holidays. - 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options. - $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses. - Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents. - $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement. - Up to $4,000 gross up in relocation support, if eligible - Up to $850 commute credit through Lyft or car rental reimbursement, if eligible. - Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly - Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations - Complimentary EV charging Now deduplicate: - Flexible PTO policy + 12 paid holidays (full-time) vs Paid observed holidays (internship) – not identical; keep both. - 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options (identical) – keep one. - $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses (identical) – keep one. - Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents (identical) – keep one. - $20/pay period cell phone reimbursement (identical) – keep one. - Fully stocked kitchen with lunch provided daily and dinner provided twice weekly (identical) – keep one. - Company and team-bonding events, happy hours and mission-success celebrations (identical) – keep one. - Complimentary EV charging (identical) – keep one. - Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance (full-time only) – keep. - 12 weeks of parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers) (full-time only) – keep. - Family building, pregnancy, parenting and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic (full-time only) – keep. - Substantial incentive equity in a fully funded space start-up (full-time only) – keep. - 401(k) retirement plan with 6% employer match (immediately vested) (full-time only) – keep. - Relocation support for new hires, if needed (full-time) vs Up to $4,000 gross up in relocation support, if eligible (internship) – not identical; keep both? They are similar but different wording. We'll keep both as separate items. - Up to $850 commute credit through Lyft or car rental reimbursement, if eligible (internship only) – keep. Thus benefits list. Now responsibilities list: need to extract bullet points from responsibilities paragraph. Responsibilities text: "Collaborate with cross functional teams to define project scopes and initial requirements, guiding designs from concept to prototype and full-scale production. Develop electrical architecture, system diagrams, and budgets to account for power, telemetry, channel count, size, and mass predictions used to communicate closing vehicle solutions to company level objectives. Analyze architecture for potential faults and risks, develop comprehensive mitigation plans, resolve uncertainties, and collaborate on Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) or operational workarounds when hardware solutions are unfeasible. Conduct comprehensive verification plans for avionics systems on flight and HITL hardware, ensuring readiness for launch and compliance with mission objectives for space and reentry operations. Participate in mission operations as an Avionics specialist or system operator, where they’ll determine system health, suggest corrective actions to reentry commit criteria for operational success. Oversee the integration of the Winnebago avionics systems, acting as the primary point of contact for integrated systems investigations. Design, build, and operate the Hardware In The Loop (HITL) testbeds, simulating the spacecraft on the ground to ensure all systems are mission ready. Develop avionics ground infrastructure, support the design and integration of test racks and R&D equipment used to power and communicate with the flight vehicles. Contribute to developing engineering best practices, focusing on increased test automation and efficiency. Draw from their experiences to help mentor and train new engineers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the team." We'll make each a
- . Now Basic Qualifications list: "Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field. Experience: 3+ years of experience in system design, test planning, and validation. Programming Skills: Proficiency in programming and debugging with Python. Technical Expertise: Experience with power supplies, modular DAQ systems, RTD and 4-20mA devices, and general test equipment." We'll make each a
- . Preferred Skills And Experience list: "Proven experience taking vehicle electrical systems from concept to operational production. Prior experience setting up HITL testbeds, managing configuration control, and conducting system level tests. Familiarity with Unix environments and the ability to use command line utilities. Experience developing test cases and test equipment to meet vehicle operating conditions. Strong project or program management skills. Relevant prior roles: Avionics Hardware, FPGA Engineer, Electronics Test Engineer, Electrical Systems Engineer" Make each
- .
Pay Range: "Salary range: Engineer II: $119,543 - $152,749/ per year. This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA." We'll put in
maybe with both salary and location. Since location not schedule, we can include in Pay section or separate paragraph. We'll include in Pay section as prose. Now About the role section: need to include company overview paragraph plus role overview paragraph. Company overview paragraphs: The initial block about Varda: "About Varda Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules. Varda’s W-Series vehicles are built, designed, and operated by Varda in-house, including the pharmaceutical processing payloads, the capsules, the C-PICA heat shields, and the satellite buses