VP, W-Series Vehicles
Location
El Segundo, CA
Level
VP / Executive
Department
Aerospace & Space
Type
Salary
$200,000 - $270,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-08-20
Responsibilities
- Deliver evolving W-Series vehicles at increasing cadence on time or early.
- Translate engineering objectives into engineering priorities and execution strategy.
- Design, implement, and own Varda's W-Series program end-to-end from concept development to recovered vehicles.
- Set technical direction to improve the team and engineering developments toward increasing cadence.
- Manage the vehicle fleet throughout the design-build-test-fly process.
- Drive new engineering developments and execution across Varda engineering.
- Monitor, report, and forecast vehicle status, schedule, and critical path items across the program.
Job Requirements
- 11+ years of experience in engineering, project, and/or program management positions.
- 4+ years of aerospace vehicle program management experience.
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering, math, or physics discipline.
- Experience on an engineering team designing, building, and successfully flying aerospace hardware or software.
- Strong program and project management fundamentals.
- Exceptional teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead strategy and execution of a next-generation aerospace engineering team.
