Staff Mechanical Engineer Tooling
Staff Mechanical Engineer Tooling
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$ 159100 - 205800
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Job Description
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 longterm stays in space without the adverse effects of zerogravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is allin committed to executing our mission safely and on you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.
As a Vast Senior Mechanical Engineer Tooling you will be responsible for designing tools that bring our Haven space station from CAD to intolerance reality. Successful candidates are self starters and expected to take ownership from concept through to implementation and first part production. Vast has opportunities for tooling and manufacturing engineers with experience in weld fixtures sheet metal forming weld inspection integration tooling structural testing and transportation fixtures. This will be a fulltimeexemptposition located in ourLong Beach CAlocation.
Responsibilities:
- Identify propose and lead tooling design and specifications while working with end customer engineering team and manufacturing technicians.
- Develop and document tooling requirements from various stakeholders such as vehicle design team test team and integration team.
- Manage schedule on assigned projects including critical next steps deadlines and outcome.
- Manage vendor relationships and coordinate meetings to identify new technologies and how they can be applied to Vasts cutting edge applications.
- Develop test and implement tool improvements to yield time savings or tolerance improvements.
- Coordinate tooling modifications related to part production or other changes.
- Work closely with engineering stakeholders and technicians to solve productionrelated issues.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering or other engineering discipline.
- 5 years of experience in aerospace or equivalent.
- 5 years of experience in NX or other CAD package.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Analysis experience with ANSYS or similar platform.
- GD&T.
- Work orders and assembly instructions.
- Desire to work handson with technicians.
- Sheet metal fabrication.
- Compound curve sheet metal forming.
- Thin Stainless Steel welding and or aluminum.
- Design of pneumatic electrical or hydraulic motion systems.
- Critical lifting and break overs fixtures.
- Thin sheet weld design.
- Integration tooling design.
- Large structural components.
Additional Requirements:
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Ability to lift up to 25lbs
Salary Range: California
$159100 $205800 USD
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
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
