Supervisor, ECLSS Manufacturing

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 Supervisor Fluid Systems Manufacturing reporting to the Director of Fluid Systems Manufacturing 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-time exempt position located in our Long Beach location

Responsibilities:

• Manage the technician team building cutting-edge life support systems for Haven
• Oversee Operations owning the end-to-end product lifecycle and ensuring high quality and at-rate production
• Collaborate on design implementation and maintenance of the ECLSS Manufacturing workcenter
• Collaborate with quality assurance and manufacturing engineering teams to establish and maintain rigorous quality control processes for manufacturing
• Establish and enforce standard practices troubleshooting guides and standardized repair procedures across production
• Challenge existing production and design requirements for ECLSS assemblies to drive process improvement

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience with complex assembly manufacturing in a fast-paced environment

3 years of manufacturing engineering experience (internships and extracurricular experience is applicable) preferably in the aerospace Oil and Gas or Pharmaceutical industry

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience leading technician/operator teams
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Experience building tools to track and report production metrics
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work
• Comfortable working in a rapidly changing fast-paced environment
• Understanding of lean manufacturing principles and KPIs for production
• Hands-on experience with testing and troubleshooting fluids components and systems is desirable

Additional Requirements:

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

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