Varda Space Industries

We're #hiring a new Senior Thermal Engineer in El Segundo, California. Apply today or share this post with your network.

If “space drugs” are calling your name and you want to see your work come back home at hypersonic speeds, we have a place in El Segundo for you. Reach out to one of our recruiters and apply at varda.com/careers

We're hiring a Crystallization Science Manager to oversee crystallization screening and characterization of molecules across a diverse range of modalities including small molecules and biologics! ☄️☄️☄️ Have you set up your fair share of polymorph screens? Do you love the puzzle solving that is crystallography? Are you interested using your experience in crystal screening towards building faster higher throughput workflows? Do you want to work with an awesome highly collaborative team bringing their scientific expertise to new heights in Low Earth Orbit? If so smash that application link below 👇 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 https://lnkd.in/ghfZTJ5T

Mikael Dolsten, one of the pharmaceutical industry's most accomplished R&D leaders, has joined Varda's Board of Directors. Mikael Dolsten served for 16 years as Chief Scientific Officer and President of Pfizer R&D, where he oversaw the approval of more than 36 medicines and vaccines and advanced more than 150 drug candidates into clinical studies.    Mikael’s decades of experience leading drug discovery and development at the highest levels will be invaluable to Varda as we begin bringing space-made medicines to the market. https://lnkd.in/dF2rQkPm

We were having so much fun at our great startup workplace that we forgot to mention: Varda has been named one of Newsweek's America's Greatest Startup Workplaces 2026. Thank you for the recognition Newsweek and thank you to the Varda team who make this the 5-star place it is.   See the full list: https://lnkd.in/eURiD_VC

"Space drugs have gone from research for science's sake to research and development for patients' sake." Hear the rest of Varda CEO Will Bruey’s thoughts on the orbital economy and listen to the rest of the episode at SpaceNews https://lnkd.in/evJ8i5Qe  

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Reentry may start in orbit, but it ends in the dirt. Come get your hands dirty at Varda. We're hiring: varda.com/careers

Varda had a great time at the annual Aerospace Games this year. If points were awarded based on amount of fun had and number of spacecraft flown, we would have taken home a trophy, too.    We're hiring across propulsion, water balloon toss, structures, software, tug-of-war, and more. Join us. https://lnkd.in/gnddpFqE

Crew Behind the Capsule: Ami 🔥 From the payloads developed in our C-PICA-protected capsule to the satellite bus steering them home, thermal engineering is embedded in every step. As Varda’s Thermal Engineering Manager, Ami Bhavsar spends her time thinking through how to scale thermal design of our vehicle to meet the demands of defense and pharmaceutical payloads. It starts with a nebulous problem: the vehicle must survive every moment of a mission spanning the contrasting environments of cold, dark space to searing hot reentry, to ultimately deliver shelf stable pharmaceuticals. She says it’s like standing in a parking lot in New York City and only being allowed to pick one outfit for all 365 days of the year. Consider managing the swing from icy winters to the summer heat with only the options to stand still or jog in place to balance temperature. Thermal engineering is an energy balancing act, toeing power, packaging, and position. Ami has helped shape Varda’s vehicles from the inside out. She joined Varda in 2022 as a Thermofluids Analyst, supporting the reentry capsule and first pharmaceutical payload before taking on a big milestone: becoming the Thermal Responsible Engineer for Varda’s satellite bus, which we make here in El Segundo. From early architecture trades and detailed hardware design to flight operations and dispositioning data on console, the thermal RE role for the Varda bus underscores the highly cross-functional nature of thermal engineering. Today, Ami leads the thermal team as they scale in-house C-PICA heatshield production, support our external partners to fly novel materials, unlock new pharmaceutical processes, expand thermofluids capabilities, and mature in-house spacecraft capabilities. As Varda continues to grow, Ami is helping build the systems – and the team – that will empower the future of orbital manufacturing. Varda is hiring across teams. For more information, and the chance to work on complex problems with exceptional individuals, go to https://lnkd.in/gnddpFqE.