Varda Space Industries

Varda Space Industries designs and operates autonomous spacecraft that double as microgravity manufacturing facilities and reentry capsules. Founded in 2021, the company produces high-value products - among them pharmaceuticals and advanced materials - in low Earth orbit and returns them to Earth for use. Its W-Series spacecraft combine in-orbit production with a reentry capability, and the company reports having completed successful missions.

The work sits at the intersection of several demanding fields: microgravity manufacturing, spacecraft design and operations, reentry capsule technology, and pharmaceutical processing and drug formulation. Candidates will find openings across aerospace engineering and biotech, disciplines the company brings together in a single team described as a growing group of aerospace and biotech experts. Varda's founders come from engineering roles at SpaceX and from venture capital.

Varda states an ambition to build an orbital economy, pursued one capsule at a time. The company's stated operating geography is low Earth orbit, and its industry verticals span pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, aerospace, biotech and space manufacturing more broadly.