Manufacturing Engineer, ECLSS

Vast is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer Environmental Control and Life Support Systems reporting to the Senior Manager ECLSS Manufacturing to support the development production and integration of the systems required for human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

This role is focused on the fluid systems at the core of ECLSS: water air thermal and pressurized gas hardware. You will be on the floor for first builds defining how new hardware gets built documenting it and then making it repeatable for the Haven modules that follow.

Responsibilities:

• Execute build assembly and integration of ECLSS fluid hardware on the shop floor alongside technicians from first article through flight hardware
• Author redline and maintain work instructions assembly procedures build travelers and inspection plans for assigned ECLSS assemblies
• Own manufacturing process definition for assigned hardware including tube bending and routing fitting installation and torque brazed and welded joint call-outs cleaning passivation and assembly
• Support proof leak and functional testing of fluid assemblies including test setup instrumentation data collection and post-test disposition
• Identify design for manufacturing and design for assembly issues during first builds and drive them back into the design with ECLSS Design Engineering
• Disposition nonconformances and support root cause investigation and corrective action with Quality Engineering
• Define design and procure tooling fixtures and handling hardware required to execute assigned builds safely and repeatably
• Perform fit checks interpret GD&T and support tolerance stack-up analysis to resolve build issues
• Track build progress part shortages and schedule for assigned hardware and escalate risks early
• Train technicians on new processes and drive first-pass yield build time and scrap improvements with data
• Support supplier manufacturing readiness for externally produced ECLSS components and assemblies

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in an engineering or science discipline
• Manufacturing Engineer I: 0-2 years of experience in manufacturing production test or hardware development engineering. Strong internship co-op or project team experience will be considered
• Manufacturing Engineer II: 2 years of experience in manufacturing production or test engineering for fluid thermal environmental control or other high-reliability hardware

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Masters degree in an engineering discipline
• Hands-on experience with fluid or pressurized gas hardware: tube bending and routing AN/MS/VCR fittings brazed and welded joints valves pumps heat exchangers filters fans and separators
• Demonstrated hands-on hardware experience supporting fabrication assembly integration and/or testing
• Working knowledge of fluid system fundamentals including pressure drop flow sealing leak paths and cleanliness
• Experience supporting a first build or first article of new hardware not only sustaining an established production line
• Experience with high pressure fluid and gas testing including proof burst pressure decay helium mass spectrometry leak testing and functional testing
• Experience with oxygen-clean or precision-clean fluid hardware and cleanliness verification methods
• Experience developing manufacturing processes work instructions build plans or production documentation for complex hardware
• Solid understanding and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing tolerance stack-up analysis and inspection planning
• Experience with NX and with PLM or MES systems
• Knowledge of metallic and fluid system manufacturing special processes including machining welding brazing tube bending cleaning passivation leak testing proof testing and pressure testing
• Proactive problem-solving skills including failure analysis root cause investigation and corrective action implementation
• Experience working directly with technicians on the shop floor to troubleshoot builds improve processes and execute hardware efficiently
• Experience in aerospace spacecraft propulsion ECLSS thermal fluid or other high-reliability hardware environments
• Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment including frequent interaction with technicians engineers quality supply chain and managers
• Highly self-motivated with strong organizational and written/oral communication skills; able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment with an ongoing drive for continuous improvement

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
• Ability to work in a shop floor environment with pressurized systems and personal protective equipment requirements

Pay Range:

• Manufacturing Engineer I: $86100 - $122220
• Manufacturing Engineer II: $112340 - $159468