At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. Our team is all-in , committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for a Director, Electrical Design , reporting to the Senior Vice President, Engineering , to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with software, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing teams to rapidly design, develop, and test highly reliable electronics for our state-of-the-art commercial space station.
- Support or act as responsible engineer for flight hardware, from conception through build, qualification, flight integration, and ultimately flight operations.
- Work with engineers on your team to improve and establish best practices for design projects.
- Support build and process improvement through troubleshooting build problems and work to simplify and streamline recurring work to enable higher reliability of the avionics hardware.
- Collaborate with experts from other teams and departments to ensure that fielded systems perform their function while being efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.
- Define acceptance testing and qualification requirements of new and existing hardware, perform development and qualification testing to prove out design, and formally document test results.
- Build out the team to design, build, and deliver flight-qualified hardware for our space station.
- Raise the bar for technical excellence on Vast Avionics in the fields of power electronics, crew interfaces, qualification campaign standards, and circuit board layout design.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
- 8+ years of experience with avionics design, analysis, and/or unit level testing.
- Experience with avionics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and current probes.
- Experience with analog, digital, or mixed signal multi-layer PCB design.
- Experience leading high functioning engineering teams.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Engineering M.S. or higher.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience with various board types, including high-density digital designs with 14 layers or more, power electronics, flex circuits, and RF circuits.
Additional Requirements:
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
Pay Range:
- Director, Engineering M5: $184,900.00 to $245,100.00
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 15 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, free catered meals and snacks and beverages, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, One Medical membership, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.
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