Cornell Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Will Bruey completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University. He spent six years at SpaceX, serving as Lead Avionics Engineer and Flight Director on Dragon resupply missions to the International Space Station.
Co-Founding Varda Space Industries
In 2020, Bruey partnered with Delian Asparouhov to build Varda Space Industries. Bruey led the hardware and software engineering of the orbital capsule, propulsion buses, and atmospheric re-entry heat shields.
Commercial Space Return History
Under Bruey's operational guidance, Varda successfully executed the historic W-1 capsule orbital return mission in 2024, proving commercial manufacturing from space can be produced and delivered to Earth profitably.
