Senior Manager Power Electronics
Senior Manager Power Electronics
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$ 150000 - 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.
Vast is looking for a Senior Manager of Power Electronics reporting to the VP of Avionics to support the development of power electronics required for the design and build of artificialgravity humanrated space stations.
This will be a fulltime exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Lead team to design develop and deploy stateoftheart power electronics tailored for extreme performance and reliability in demanding environments.
- Recruit and empower a diverse team of engineers to develop onvehicle components and subsystems from initial requirements to vehicle installation.
- This role is both managerial and technical and you will have significant input guidance review and oversight on your teams work.
- Exemplify a culture of excellence extreme ownership and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.
- Negotiate between business and technical stakeholders to establish program requirements.
- Develop a requirements management system making requirements accessible and discoverable.
- Drive system level architecture trades to closure.
- Develop and own the fault management strategy for the space station and subsystems.
- Work with system disciplines to quantify system performance metrics and sensitivities to drive technical decisions using available modeling infrastructure.
- Identify program level verification milestones in the form of analyses demonstrations and tests to ensure program success.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or other comparable engineering discipline
- 5 years of experience in electrical power electronics design simulation fabrication and testing
- 3 years of experience in an engineering leadership role
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Track record of deploying products with successful space flight heritage.
- Familiarity with spacecraft electrical power electronics and knowledge of space environment effects.
- Experience in space mission operations for manned space flight programs.
- SIMPLIS/SIMextrix experience
Pay Range:
- Manager Power Electronics: $150000$175000
- Senior Manager Power Electronics: $170000$205800
Salary Range: California
$150000 $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:
Senior Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
