Senior CAD Design Engineer, Avionics

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 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 2026. It is part of our stepping stone approach to continuous human presence in team isall-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 CAD Design Engineer reporting to the Manager of Avionics Mechanical Engineering to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. Use this space to describe the role and sell the candidate on the cool stuff they would get to work on.

This will be a full-timeexempt position located in our Long Beachlocation.

Responsibilities:

• Define and manage interfaces between vehicle subsystems.
• Develop CAD design process improvement via simplification or automation.
• Define and optimize PCBA CAD integration
• Support source control vendor control and other electronics component process improvement
• Support development of CAD and PLM Processes for Avionics
• Creation and management of Vendor COTS components
• Check drawings and drive engineering drawing template

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• 5 years of relevant CAD/Design experience or equivalent.
• Experience with ASME specifications Y14.100 Y14.5 Y14.41 Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Aerospace or automotive design experience.
• Self-motivated with strong multi-tasking organizational communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to work well in an integrated team including daily interactions with technicians engineers and managers.
• Experience designing and managing large CAD assemblies and associated drawings.
• Experience with Electronics Altium to NX or equivalent PCBA development
• Demonstrated development and configuration management experience on technically complex hardware products.
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering design analysis and manufacturing.
• Familiarity with ASME Y14.1 14.2 14.3.
• Familiarity with IEEE IPC specification.

Additional Requirements:

• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

Pay Range:

• Senior Design Engineer: $135000 - $175000
• Staff Design Engineer: $160000 - $200000

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY