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Atilla Saadat likes to say that he helps #spacecraft get where they need to go. But truthfully, he does much more

Varda Space Aerospace Product October 23, 2026

At Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, Calif., Atilla is a guidance, navigation and control (GNC) engineer for spacecraft, launched aboard SpaceX rockets, that manufactures #pharmaceuticals in orbit— microgravity can change how medications crystallize—and returns them safely to Earth.

Discover what is Atilla's topmost career goal in his SME #30U30 profile. https://lnkd.in/gQ_TdERF

Why this matters for talent

Varda Space profiling a guidance, navigation and control engineer working on its orbital pharmaceutical manufacturing spacecraft is a useful look at the kind of GNC work the company actually does day to day. Varda carries more than 110 open roles on the board, and employee spotlight content like this gives GNC and systems engineering candidates a clearer picture of the team they would be joining than a job posting alone.

55 likes · 1 comments · 2 shares · Read the original LinkedIn post. Curated by Larry Sherwood Jr. from company announcements; analysis above is my own.

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