Solar Arrays Engineer

At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing and unlocking a new space economy for government corporate and private customers. Using an incremental hardware-rich and low-cost approach Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demos 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next Haven-1 is expected to become the worlds first commercial space station when it launches followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. 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 Solar Array Engineer reporting to the Principal Power Systems Engineer 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 Beachlocation.

Responsibilities:

• Define requirements and trade architectures of solar arrays.
• Select and qualify materials and vendors for solar arrays.
• Develop and qualify processes for welding adhesion lamination of solar cells.
• Test and qualify designs to AIAA S112 standards.
• Interface with systems engineering power electronics structures thermal and mission assurance teams for end-to-end integration.
• Troubleshoot issues across the product lifecyclefrom design through integration and testing.
• Participate in design reviews drawing checks and technical documentation for internal and NASA deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering materials engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Experience working with design manufacture and verification of photovoltaics or similar composite structures.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience in the space industry including developing building and testing solar arrays.
• Experience with space solar design and guidelines such as AIAA S111 S112.
• Proactive problem-solving skills such as failure analysis and root cause investigation.
• Prior experience in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.
• Design work in recent versions of NX Teamcenter.
• Analysis work in recent versions of Ansys FeMap/Nastran Abaqus Thermal Desktop.
• Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5).
• Familiarity with spacecraft specifications such as SMC-S-016 NASA-STD-5001 and NASA-STD-5019.

Additional Requirements:

• Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

Pay Range:

• Solar Arrays Engineer: $110000 - $140000
• Senior Solar Arrays Engineer: $140000 - $175000

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY