Senior Electrical Design Engineer

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 worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in 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 Electrical Design Engineer Avionics reporting to the Director Avionics 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-timeexempt position located in ourLong Beach location.

Responsibilities:

• Act as responsible engineer for flight hardware from conception through build qualification flight integration and ultimately flight operations.
• Perform component selection design analysis schematic capture circuit board design prototyping board bring up debugging circuit validation and design documentation for electrical designs.
• Analyze and troubleshoot electronic assemblies define new processes design circuits/fixtures/tools and identify opportunities for improvement in both products and processes.
• Support mission operations by providing real-time input during flight completing data reviews monitoring hardware performance and working with partners to simplify operation of our avionics systems.
• Work 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.
• Travel to launch sites for testing and/or operations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
• 5 years of experience with avionics design analysis and/or unit level testing.
• Experience with avionics test equipment such as oscilloscopes multimeters current probes.
• Experience with analog digital or mixed signal multi-layer PCB design.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software.
• Ability to creatively solve problems and asses risk.
• Understand electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage.
• Hands-on experience with sizing installing and troubleshooting various electronic components.
• Experience with NX or similar CAD software.
• Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters oscilloscopes network analyzers power supplies etc.).
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced autonomously driven and demanding atmosphere.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 10% travel to support launch campaigns.

Pay Range:

• Senior Electrical Design Engineer: $135000 - $176400
• Staff Electrical Design Engineer: $159100 - $205800

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY