Vast is looking for an Electrical Engineer, Crew Avionics, reporting to the Manager of Human Interface 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-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Own hardware from “cradle to grave”, coordinating with other teams to rapidly iterate on and deliver quality avionics products. You will own your hardware products in both success and in failure, though in the case of the latter you can expect support and resources rather than reprimand.
• Translate high-level operational requirements into detailed electrical specifications and design documents.
• Perform trade studies and analyses to select optimal components, technologies, and design approaches.
• Ensure that development and testing is carried out in a safe and controlled manner, prioritizing the safety of employees and the astronaut crew above all else. 
• Design and develop complex multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) for flight hardware, adhering to rigorous space-grade standards.
• Schematic capture, component selection, and layout for high-reliability boards in a punishing space environment.
• Work with the PCB layout design team to help with the layout phase of design, and occasionally step up and layout a coupon or even flight PCB yourself 
• Perform signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC analysis to ensure robust designs.
• Analysis & Simulation:
• Conduct circuit analysis, worst-case analysis, fault tolerance analysis, and derating analysis.
• Utilize simulation tools (e.g., SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) for design verification and optimization.
• Test & Verification:
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for PCBs and integrated systems.
• Troubleshoot and debug hardware, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Support environmental testing (vibration, shock, thermal vacuum, radiation, EMC) and flight qualification campaigns.
• Documentation & Review:
• Generate clear and concise design documentation, test procedures, and reports.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.
• Participate in design reviews for peer’s PCB designs.
• Collaboration:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including software, mechanical, systems engineering, manufacturing, test, and operations to ensure seamless cooperation on bringing the design to its final integration, flight, and decommissioning. 
• Communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Some experience in electrical engineering, with a focus on system and PCB design.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, KiCad).
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and communication interfaces (e.g., I2C, SPI, Ethernet, RS-422).
• Understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC principles.
• Experience with simulation tools (eg. SPICE) to evaluate design decisions and de-risk new circuit designs before spending the money on hardware. 
• Experience with hardware testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Familiarity with audio electronics (speakers/microphones/amplifiers
• Experience with high-reliability/fault-tolerant electronics for aerospace or defense applications.
• Familiarity with space-grade components and radiation effects.
• Experience with human-machine interface (HMI) design principles.
• Experience designing audio systems - whether professionally or for your home movie theater!
• Experience designing lighting systems - whether professionally or for your spooky Halloween LED display!
• Familiarity with complex system architectures.
• Experience with environmental testing for flight hardware.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python) for automation and data analysis.
• Hands-on engineering - equal willingness to work at your desktop computer, with a soldering iron in the lab, and with a broom to clean up afterwards. 
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and team-oriented environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to independently but also collaboratively as a teammate to achieve ambitious goals.
• Willing to make mistakes, take responsibilities, work independently and be transparent about your work

Additional Requirements:

• Able to lift 25 lbs unassisted.
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

Pay Range: 

• Electrical Design Engineer I: $103,000
• Electrical Design Engineer II: $112,340 - $159,468
• Senior Electrical Design Engineer: $137,760 - $195,552

Vast is looking for a Senior Harness Design Engineer, reporting to the VP, Avionics, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and manufacturing of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Develop the electro-mechanical design of flight wire harnesses for the Haven space station.
• Develop the electro-mechanical design of development and test harnesses to support qualification testing efforts.
• Design and analyze complex electrical architectures and wire harness systems, including development of detailed wiring diagrams, connector layouts, and system integration documentation for multi-disciplinary spacecraft/vehicle electrical systems
• Evaluate and implement power distribution and data communication strategies, ensuring proper signal integrity across mixed power/data pathways and selecting appropriate communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, RS-422, USB, etc.) for system requirements
• Develop system logic and control architectures, creating interface control documents (ICDs) and performing electrical analysis to ensure compatibility between subsystems, including power budgeting, load analysis, and signal routing optimization
• Meet with multidisciplinary stakeholders to gather harness design objectives and requirements.
• Develop harness design and routing solutions with a 3D NX CAD environment.
• Provide great flight wire harness and vehicle/system level documentation
• Perform analysis and physical testing of harnessing with respect to thermal, loads, vibration, and shock to ensure full qualification for flight.
• Document and communicate the design, analysis, and testing results thoroughly and clearly through the use of design reviews.
• Interface with harness production and integration teams to ensure final harness designs can be produced and installed on schedule in accordance with overall project goals.
• Perform R&D investigations and trade studies to push wire harness design to new boundaries in terms of capabilities, mass savings, cost savings.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in design focused roles
• 2+ years of experience with wire harness 3D design, wiring diagrams, and formboard creation.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience designing harnesses to IPC/WHMA-A-620, IPC/WHMA-A-620-S, and NASA-STD-8739.4.
• Strong team working skills with a proven ability to effectively interact and collaborate with other engineering disciplines and excellent attention to detail.
• 2+ years of experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
• Wire harness component selection and qualification experience.
• General wire harness analysis, testing, and qualification experience.
• 2+ years of experience with harness design and manufacturing documentation.
• Capability to solve complex design problems within tight schedules and minimal supervision.
• Passion for advancing the commercial space industry and space exploration, with a strong desire to revolutionize wire harness design.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding startup atmosphere.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong sense of personal accountability and drive to succeed.

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

Vast is looking for a Battery Electronics Engineer II, reporting to the Power Lead, 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: 

• End-to-end ownership of battery electronics specification, architecture, simulation, schematic capture, PCB design, mechanical packaging design, board-level bring-up and validation, environmental qualification, and integrated system-level validation
• Design circuits to implement functions such as battery voltage and current sensing, charge balancing, isolation and fault detection, power conversion, load switching, hot-swapping, inrush control, over-current fault detection, and more
• Perform failure modes and effects analyses and drive reliability design and validation plans at the system level

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field completed or expected by June 2026
• 2+ years of experience developing electrical hardware

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience in battery electrical systems
• Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions with incomplete data set
• Experience working in collegiate project teams (e.g. Formula SAE, Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and/or professional experience with instrumentation and data acquisition (e.g. SPICE, SQL, and/or National Instruments hardware)
• Experience with software programming: Matlab, Python, C/C++, etc
• Experience with vehicle and instrumentation buses such as Ethernet, CAN, SPI, and I2C, as well as serial I/O (RS232/422/485)
• Experience with full-lifecycle product development
• Experience with designing electronics for spaceflight environments, verifying workmanship and operability through environmental tests (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC)
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup where you will have the opportunity to help create and optimize key systems and processes

Additional Requirements:

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

Salary Ranges:

• Battery Electronics Engineer II: $112,000 - $159,000
• Senior Battery Electronics Engineer : $137,000 - $195,000

Vast is looking for a Senior Radiation Effects Engineer, reporting to the Senior Director, Avionics Hardware Development, 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, non-exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate and oversee proton beam and heavy ion tests in support of Vast avionics development.
• Guide the development of Radiation Effects and survivability requirements for Vast spacecraft.
• Guide the derivation and distribution of in space environmental requirements.
• Tailor industry standards such as EEE-INST-002 and NASA 8739.11 for Vast spacecraft and missions.
• Ensure the Radiation Effects team meets project deadlines and company objectives.
• Foster a strong interdisciplinary relationship with other teams that rely on the Radiation Effects team to be successful.
• Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience working in Radiation Effects or similar role.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Ms or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, or related discipline.
• Experience with radiation shielding analysis and tools such as FASTRAD.
• Experience with radiation environments modeling and dose analysis and tools such as SPENVIS, OMERE.
• Experience with in space charging for spacecraft, plasma, and atomic oxygen.
• Prior experience in an electronics, semiconductors, or electrical systems design role.
• Experience with software development in Matlab, Python, etc.
• Experience with computer architecture & design.
• Experience developing infrastructure for radiation test (procedures, reporting, equipment, etc).
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to teach people of a multitude of education and industry backgrounds about Radiation Effects.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
• Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted.

Pay range:

Senior Radiation Effects Engineer: $147,600-$209,520

Staff Radiation Effects Engineer: $175,480-$249,096

Vast is looking for a PCB Manager, reporting to the Principal Electrical 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-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Work with responsible engineers to produce printed circuits board designs
• Design & layout custom printed circuit boards using IPC design standard and guidelines
• Work with vendors to determine stack up, routing feasibilities & ensure designs meet the DFM guidelines
• Collaborate with internal teams & PCB vendors to ensure board meet design requirements
• Generate required artworks & drawings for fabrication and assembly
• Develop and refine team processes for PCB design, part creation, and library/database standards
• Create, maintain and design in Altium Vault
• Develop PCB layout good practices and help train team members
• Write scripts to simplify processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 4+ years of experience or 8+ years of layout experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
• Expert knowledge of Altium Designer CAD tool.
• High-speed, impedance-controlled stack-up, multi-layer board layout design/
• Fine pitch BGA routing, including blind buried vias.
• Multi-rail power delivery and high-speed signal integrity constraints.
• Design constraint management, including trace length matching, spacing rules, etc.
• CID or CID+ certification.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with PCB library management, component generation, high-speed digital & mixed signal board layout, floor planning.
• Good knowledge of IPC 2221A, IPC 6012 Class 3 and IPC 7351.
• Experience with variety of boards, including high density with 16 layers or more digital designs, power electronics, flex circuits & RF circuits.
• Expertise in PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and best practice.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted
• Specific certifications, as appropriate

Pay Range: 

• PCB Design Engineer II: $112,340 - $159,468
• Senior PCB Design Engineer: $137,760 - $195,552

Vast is looking for an Avionics System Test Engineer (Operations), reporting to the Manager, Avionics System Test, 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: 

• Work with Responsible Engineers and System owners across the organization to capture test design criteria for avionics test systems.
• Lead test methodology discussions with key stakeholders (e.g. Flight Software, Mission Operations) to develop test procedures for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL / HIL) test assets.
• Develop system level test cases, implement them on test systems and validate their outputs with internal stakeholders.
• Day-to-day planning of system test operations, including. 
• Develop automation tools (e.g. python, ground software scripts) to increase efficiency and quality of test planning, test execution, data analysis, and verification tracking.
• Serve as first point of contact for anomaly resolution: documentation, driving root cause analysis, disposition, and prevent recurrence activities. 
• Support Mission Operator training activities which utilize system test HITL assets.
• Support anomaly resolution activities for issues encountered on-orbit.
• Support design of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL / HIL) test assets to provide system level validation of Haven-1 avionics, including closed-loop simulation of relevant test cases.
• Work with subject matter experts to support development, implementation, and verification of interfaces to co-simulation strategies for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) applications.
• Produce documentation for test systems and support handover to test operators.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other hard science.
• 2+ years of post bachelor’s experience working with or developing hardware test systems.
• 2+ years’ experience building and maintaining hardware test systems.
• Experience operating and maintaining Linux systems, including confident use of command line tools.
• Experience with power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, and digital multimeters.
• Experience designing and/or maintaining computer networks.
• Familiarity with basic electrical and wiring concepts including grounding and electrical safety.
• Demonstrated expertise in root cause analysis methodologies and problem-solving within avionics or complex hardware environments.
• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to produce detailed, accurate technical reports and communicate findings effectively.
• Familiarity with python programming.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

•  Experience working with satellite communications or telemetry systems.
• Experience developing and executing requirement-driven test plans for avionics or electronics systems.
• Experience with automated test systems and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) environments.
• Familiarity with C++
• Experience with embedded systems design and/or testing.
• Experience with testing protocols and standards relevant to space systems.
• Familiarity with Git, Cmake, and GNU tools.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and issue tracking tools such as the Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence) and Github.
• Familiarity with Docker (or other containerization software).
• Experience designing and building systems with a modular DAQ ecosystem (e.g. NI, Weidmuller, Bechoff).

Additional Requirements:

• Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted.

Pay Range: 

• System Test Engineer (Operations) Level II: $120,540 - $171,108

Vast is looking for an RF Antenna Engineer, reporting to the Director, RF Engineering, 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: 

• Develop RF Antenna telemetry and tracking systems for the next generation of crewed space stations, including hardware, software and operations for space station tracking, mission data, payload data, and communications with visiting vehicles.
• Design and test RF antenna hardware in VHF through Ka-band - from concept to production.
• Perform architecture trade studies, requirements definition, component design, and manage development for various radios and/or laser systems (S-band, X-band, K-Band, infrared/optical, TDRS, C2V2, etc.)
• Design, model and EM simulation of complex RF hardware (antenna, filters, passives) 
• Fabricate and characterize prototypes of antennas, passives, and RF front ends.
• Design of advanced antenna and feed systems for on-orbit spacecraft and ground systems.
• Full life-cycle ownership for related systems, including development, testing, integration, operations and maintenance for related hardware (interfaces, modems, radios, antennas, etc.)
• Provide technical direction relating to RF systems and set top-level requirements to hardware agile development teams, integration, and test personnel.
• Partner with manufacturing/integration engineers to develop work instructions and installation procedures for integrating and testing RF hardware.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar
• 3+ years of experience with RF design, analysis, and/or unit level testing (significant academic projects, internships, and traditional professional experience all qualify)
• Experience with the design and integration of RF Antenna systems consisting of radio transmitters, antennas, receivers, LNAs, PAs, couplers, filters, etc.
• Experience with simulation tools such as SPICE, ADS, CST, HFSS, etc.
• Experience with RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, VNAs, Power Meters, Cable Analyzers, SDRs, etc.
• Experience with electrical schematic capture software (Altium, Orcad or similar).

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or similar
• Proficiency in working with GNU Radio and software-defined radios (SDRs)
• Knowledge of space radiation effects on RF electronics and antennas
• Prior experience with vehicle electrical bonding requirements
• Good grasp of electronics and RF theory, and hands-on experience with electronics hardware, including both analog and digital
• Familiarity with antenna measurement techniques and tools such as anechoic/reverb chambers, near field EM measurements
• Experience with software programming: Matlab, LabVIEW, Python, C/C++, JS, etc.
• Experience with full-lifecycle product development
• Experience with designing electronics for spaceflight environment, verifying workmanship and operability through environmental test (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC)
• Knowledge of RF demodulation, decommutation, FEC and CRC decoding, IRIG or CCSDS decoding techniques, Best-Source Selecting, for use in RF receiving front-end systems
• Analyze in-the-field operational RF performance data of RF antenna products and investigate methods to improve performance and debug issues.

Additional Requirements:

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

Pay Range: 

• RF Antenna Engineer II: $120,540 - $171108
• Senior RF Antenna Engineer: $147,600-$209,520

Vast is looking for an EMI-EMC Test Specialist, reporting to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC, 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, non-exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Help build and maintain our EMI-EMC test capabilities from the ground up.
• Support hiring for EMI-EMC technician and engineering roles.
• Implement tailored industry standards for Vast spacecraft and avionics.
• Work directly with cross functional teams to guide best practices for EMI-EMC design & test.
• Develop EMI-EMC test procedures.
• Support EMI-EMC test of Vast spacecraft and components.
• Contribute to a culture of extreme ownership by understanding and articulating to others how EMC relates to all subsystems and disciplines in human rated spacecraft.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in an EMI-EMC related role.
• 7+ years of experience in MIL-STD-461 / DO-160 test.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with software development for EMI-EMC test automation.
• Experience with space charging for spacecraft, triboelectrification, grounding & bonding.
• Characterization of shielding effectiveness for harnessing and spacecraft structures.
• Electronics prototyping skills such as soldering, breadboarding, troubleshooting with common lab equipment
• Experience with digital communications buses such as Ethernet, RS-422, PCIe, GMII, etc.
• Background in electromagnetics, triboelectrification, and plasma effects in spacecraft systems.
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with cross disciplinary teams.

Additional Requirements:

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

Pay Range:

EMI-EMC Specialist I: $40-$57/hour

EMI-EMC Specialist II: $44-$63/hour

Vast is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer - Motor Control, reporting to the Senior Director, Avionics Hardware Development, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.This role is an opportunity to work with an excellent team of engineers on one of the most challenging problems - human spaceflight. Motor control products are vertically integrated at Vast and your designs will be used in mission critical space applications. 

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

Responsibilities: 

• Design of new and sustaining engineering for motor control and power electronics product for human rated spacecraft
• End to end responsible engineering ownership with a multidisciplinary team to carry your products through requirements capture, design, manufacturing, test, integration, and operation on orbit
• Professional written and verbal communication and excellence in documentation of work
• Effective collaboration and project management in a high paced environment

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in ECE, EE, Physics, or related STEM discipline
• 3+ years of experience in an electrical engineering role
• Experience with power electronics and/or motor control applications

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Master’s degree in ECE, EE, Physics, or related STEM discipline
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, C++
• Experience developing hardware for space or other high reliability applications
• Experience with motor control signal processing such as FOC, SVM
• Understanding of ionizing radiation testing and effects for electronics
• Experience with Ethernet and IP networking, VPNs, TCP, UDP, L2/L3 switches, VLANs, etc
• Experience with serial communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, and I2C, RS-422/485
• Ability to thrive in a startup environment where you will have the opportunity to help define the way engineering is carried out while doing your own development work

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 25lbs unassisted

Pay Range:

Senior Electrical Engineer: $137,760-$195,552

Staff Electrical Engineer: $162,360-$230,472

Vast is looking for an Senior EMI-EMC Engineer, reporting to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC, 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: 

• Development of EMI-EMC requirements for Vast spacecraft and components.
• Derivation and distribution of EMI & in space environmental requirements.
• Implement tailored industry standards for Vast spacecraft and avionics.
• Work directly with cross functional teams to guide best practices for EMI-EMC design & test.
• Perform analysis & measurement on avionics sub-circuits, components, and systems to enhance our understanding of EMI-EMC performance & risk as well as generate launch provider deliverables.
• Support EMI-EMC qualification test of Vast spacecraft and components.
• Contribute to a culture of extreme ownership by understanding and articulating to others how EMI relates to all subsystems and disciplines in human rated spacecraft.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related STEM discipline.
• 2+ years of experience working in EMI/EMC/Physics related role.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• MS in electrical engineering, physics, or related STEM discipline.
• Experience in EMI/EMC, in space charging for spacecraft, triboelectrification, grounding & bonding.
• Prior experience in an electronics or electrical systems design role.
• Experience with software development in Matlab, Python, etc.
• Experience with digital communications standards such as Ethernet, RS-422, PCIe, GMII, etc.
• Experience with MIL-STD-461 compliance test (procedures, facilities, equipment, etc).
• Experience developing software for electronic test equipment automation.
• Background in electromagnetics, ionizing radiation, and plasma effects on spacecraft systems.
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with cross disciplinary teams.

Pay Range:

• EMI-EMC Engineer II: $120,540-$171,108
• Senior EMI-EMC Engineer: $147,600-$209,520
• Staff EMI-EMC Engineer: $177,120-$251,424

Vast is looking for a Manager, PCB Design, reporting to the Senior Manager, Avionics Engineering, 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: 

• Lead and manage the PCB Design Team, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery of PCB designs that meet project requirements.
• Collaborate closely with engineers and cross-functional teams to translate system requirements into PCB designs.
• Oversee the design and layout of custom printed circuit boards, adhering to IPC design standards and guidelines.
• Manage relationships with vendors, ensuring PCB stack-up and routing meet design for manufacturing (DFM) guidelines.
• Ensure the team's designs meet all necessary design requirements, including high-speed, impedance-controlled stack-up, and multi-layer board layout standards.
• Lead the generation of necessary artworks and drawings for fabrication and assembly.
• Develop, refine, and implement team processes for PCB design, part creation, and library/database management.
• Maintain and oversee design workflows within Altium Vault, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Mentor and train team members in PCB layout best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation within the PCB design process, including script development.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field + 5+ years of PCB design experience OR 8+ years of PCB design experience in lieu of degree
• Extensive experience with Altium Designer CAD tool and PCB library management.
• Proven track record of designing high-speed, impedance-controlled stack-ups and multi-layer board layouts.
• In-depth knowledge of fine pitch BGA routing, including blind and buried vias, multi-rail power delivery, and high-speed signal integrity constraints.
• Experience in managing design constraints, including trace length matching and spacing rules.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• 1+ years in a leadership role
• Extensive experience with PCB library management, component generation, high-speed digital and mixed signal board layout, floor planning.
• Strong knowledge of IPC 2221A, IPC 6012 Class 3, and IPC 7351 standards.
• Experience with various board types, including high-density digital designs with 14 layers or more, power electronics, flex circuits, and RF circuits.
• Deep understanding of PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and industry best practices.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with a proven ability to manage and motivate a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Additional Requirements:

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

Pay Range:

Manager, PCB Design: $143,500 - $203,700

Senior Manager, PCB Design: $177,120 - $251,424

Vast is looking for a Senior RF Systems Engineer, reporting to the Director, RF Engineering, 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: 

• Support system level design and modeling of spacecraft communications systems including space to Earth, space to space, and crew audio & multimedia links.
• Generate requirements, concepts of operations, block diagrams, and high level analysis for artificial gravity space stations.
• Work closely with integration and operations teams to define checkout procedures, LEOP, orbital phase, docking, crewed operations, etc.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team to form tightly integrated avionics, structures, thermal control, and software systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering or related engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in an RF engineering role.
• Experience with RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, VNAs, Power Meters, Cable Analyzers, etc.
• Experience in software development: Matlab, Python, C/C++, or other programming languages.
• Familiarity with RF communication system design & analysis.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• MS or PhD in  ECE, EE, Physics, or related stem discipline
• Experience with RF analysis software: HFSS, STK, ADS
• Knowledge of in space effects including ionizing radiation, atomic oxygen, plasma charging, MMOD, outgassing, etc
• Prior work in spacecraft system design and/or operation
• Understanding of RF modulation and media access control schemes such as BPSK, SOQPSK, GMSK, APSK, TDMA, FDMA, etc
• Understanding of communication system coding and error correction schemes such as Reed Solomon, LDPC, BCH, etc
• Familiar with common space communications interoperability standards such as CCSDS and DVB-S2
• Experience with Ethernet and IP networking, VPNs, TCP, UDP, L2/L3 switches, VLANs, etc
• Experience with serial communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, and I2C, RS-422/485

Pay Range:

Senior RF System Engineer: $147,600-$209,520

Staff RF System Engineer: $175,480-$249,096

Vast is looking for a Manager, Avionics Electrical Engineering, reporting to the Director of Avionics Engineering, to support the development of avionics systems 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: 

• Lead team to design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art avionics tailored for extreme performance and reliability in demanding environments.
• Recruit and empower a diverse team of engineers to develop on-vehicle components from initial requirements to vehicle installation. 
• This role is both managerial and technical, and you will have significant input, guidance, review, and oversight on your team’s work. 
• Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.
• Communicate with various Vast internal stakeholders to capture project design criteria from the technical system owners and translate them into verifiable avionics design requirements for your team to implement.
• Identify project level verification milestones in the form of analyses, demonstrations, and tests to ensure program success. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or other comparable engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in electrical circuit design, analysis and testing.
• 2+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role.
• Experience with avionics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, current probes.
• Experience with analog, digital, or mixed signal multi-layer PCB design.
• Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software.
• Experience managing the design of technical projects.
• Experience with circuit simulation software such as LTSpice or SIMPLIS.
• Deep understanding of electrical design and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage.
• Hands-on experience with sizing, installing and troubleshooting various electronic components.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Track record of deploying products with successful space flight heritage.
• Familiarity with spacecraft avionics systems and knowledge of space environment effects.
• Experience in space mission operations for manned space flight programs.
• Comfortable communicating technical topics to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to creatively solve problems and weigh against multi-disciplinary requirements together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions.
• Creative problem solver that can bring multiple disciplines together with the ability to assess risk and make design and development decisions without all available data.
• Self-motivated with strong learning, multi-tasking, organizational, communication and documentation skills.
• Familiarity with NASA standards such as EEE-INST-002.
• Develop and implement engineering standards, protocols, and quality assurance processes to optimize system performance and safety.
• Conduct technical feasibility studies, simulations, and performance analyses to support project development.

Pay Range: 

• Manager, Avionics Electrical Engineering: $154,980-$219,996
• Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering: $177,120-$251,424

Vast is looking for an Avionics Test Engineer, reporting to the Manager of Avionics Testing, 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-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Design, build, and commission test systems for avionics systems and associated electronics hardware
• Work with Responsible Engineers across the organization to capture test requirements for avionics test systems
• Develop component and system level test cases, implement them on test systems and validate their outputs with internal stakeholders
• Perform troubleshooting and debug of avionics test systems
• Lead test system design reviews for avionics test systems
• Lead and coach efforts to troubleshooting and debug efforts across the wider team
• Produce documentation for test systems and support handover to test operators
• Support architecting the automated test framework for Vast overall, and lead local efforts to implement on avionics test systems
• Work with subject matter experts to develop and implement interfaces to co-simulation strategies for Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) applications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or other hard science
• 2+ years of post bachelor’s experience working with and developing hardware test systems
• 1+ years experience working with either C++ or python
• Experience operating and maintaining linux systems, including confident use of command line tools
• Experience designing and building systems with a modular DAQ ecosystem (e.g. NI, Weidmuller, Bechoff)
• Familiarity with basic electrical and wiring concepts including grounding and electrical safety

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Hands-on experience with product testing
• Experience with testing protocols and standards relevant to space systems
• Experience coordinating and/or supervising the outputs of other engineers
• Experience developing applications in python
• Familiarity with Git, Cmake, and GNU tools
• Knowledge of CI/CD and issue tracking tools such as the Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence) and Github
• Understanding of Linux kernel software and drivers
• Experience with Embedded Systems
• Fault-tolerant and safety-critical software design
• Experience developing software for complex systems such as spacecraft, aircraft or autonomous vehicles
• Network programming experience
• Experience working with satellite communications or telemetry systems
• Familiarity with power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and digital multimeters

Additional Requirements:

• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted

Pay Range: 

• Avionics Test Engineer II: $120,540-$171,108
• Senior Avionics Test Engineer: $147,600-$209,520

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-time, exempt position located in our Long 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:

• Bachelor's 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: $137,760 - $195,552
• Staff Electrical Design Engineer: $162,360 - $230,472

Vast is looking for a Power Electronics Engineer, reporting to the Manager, Power Electronics, 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: 

• End-to-end ownership of power electronics specification, architecture, simulation, schematic capture, PCB design, mechanical packaging design, board-level bring-up and validation, environmental qualification, and integrated system-level validation. 
• Design circuits to implement functions such as power conversion, load switching, hot-swapping, power conditioning, inrush control, over-current fault detection, and more.
• Perform failure modes and effects analyses and drive reliability design and validation plans at the system level.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• 2 years of experience in developing power electronics.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions with incomplete data set.
• Experience working in collegiate project teams (e.g. Formula SAE, Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and/or professional experience Professional experience with instrumentation and data acquisition (e.g. SPICE, SQL, and/or National Instruments hardware).
• Experience with software programming: Matlab, Python, C/C++, etc.
• Experience with vehicle and instrumentation buses such as Ethernet, CAN, SPI, and I2C, as well as serial I/O (RS232/422/485).
• Experience with full-lifecycle product development.
• Experience with designing electronics for spaceflight environment, verifying workmanship and operability through environmental test (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC).
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup where you will have the opportunity to help create and optimize key systems and processes.

Additional Requirements:

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

Pay Range: 

• Power Electronics Engineer II: $110,000-$140,000
  Senior Power Electronics Engineer: $135,000-$175,000

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-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

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 lifecycle—from 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 Array Engineer II: $110,000 - $140,000
• Senior Solar Array Engineer: $140,000 - $175,000