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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Senior Avionics Test Engineer**, reporting to the **Staff Avionics Engineer**, to develop and execute creative testing solutions for our complex Avionics and Power systems for our Haven programs. Your input will be vital in testing new and existing avionics hardware to support our Haven-1 mission and beyond.

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

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop and perform hands-on testing of avionics components and systems.
- Perform receiving inspections and checkouts of COTS Avionics components from partner vendors.
- Perform avionics testing at the system level during vehicle integration and pre-ship checkouts.
- Provide test results to other team members in concise and organized fashion.
- Design test fixtures for complex avionics component test setups.
- Design and build avionics test racks for component and system level testing, automating the testing process where applicable.
- Partner with manufacturing and integration engineers to develop work instructions and installation procedures for integrating and testing avionics hardware.
- Work cross-functionally with design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive design or infrastructure improvements to increase product reliability and yield.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to teammates.

**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.

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Ability to communicate highly technical topics to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to creatively solve problems and weigh against multi-disciplinary requirements.
- Working knowledge of electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage.
- Experience developing object oriented software in Python, LabVIEW, C/C++, JS, etc.
- Experience writing automation software to interact with units under test, test equipment,and manufacturing tools.
- Experience automating test equipment and measurement techniques to verify and validate product requirements.
- Understanding of metrology, sources of measurement error, and uncertainty analysis.
- Exposure to SMT lines and electronics manufacturing.
- Familiarity with National Instruments platforms including DAQmx, PXI, and cRIO.
- Extensive understanding of instrumentation, interfaces, and sensors including DMMs, DAQ, power supplies, oscilloscopes, DIO, GPIB, USB, Serial-422, VISA, UDP, GigE, SPI, switch technologies and topologies, accelerometers, RTDs, thermocouples, and 4-20mA sensors.
- Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC.

Senior Avionics Test Engineer

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Ground Stations RF Engineer**, reporting to the **Director of Ground Segment & Mission Ops,** to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. As a Ground Stations RF Engineer, you will contribute to all phases of ground segment system development, from initial concept to the operation and support of Vast’s on-orbit missions. The Ground Segment team builds ground stations, selects and integrates ground stations from our partner networks, and works on console in mission operations. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in the design and build of electrical, mechanical, and RF systems, and exceptional troubleshooting and infrastructure integration skills.

This will be an **exempt** role located in **Long Beach**.

**Responsibilities:**

- Design and build next-generation ground station networks for Haven-1
- Conduct trade studies for ground segment assets and review technical proposals for their selection
- Oversee operations of Telemetry Tracking and Command (TT&C) ground stations supporting our on-orbit vehicles
- Lead the build out of our ground station systems through all phases from site acquisition, frequency license approval (in collaboration w/ legal and RF teams), installation, hardware integration, testing, calibration to operations
- Oversee the health and status of the ground station network during the launch and early orbit phase of spacecraft operations
- Work closely with the Ground Segment Software team to integrate telemetry and telecommand data to and from ground stations with Vast mission operations software systems
- Design and build ground infrastructure for mission operations voice systems
- Comprehensively trade and select for integration ground station providers/networks into Vast’s ground segment infrastructure
- Rigorously test the communications interface between both our ground station and vehicle test hardware and ground station and ground software systems

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, or software engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 2+ years of industry experience designing, implementing and testing system-level communication architecture
- 2+ years of experience with RF tools and equipment such as Receivers, Front-End Processors, Spectrum Analyzers, VNAs, Power Meters, Cable Analyzers, SDRs, etc.

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Fundamental skills needed to design and build electrical, mechanical, and RF systems
- Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions with incomplete data sets
- Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience with the Linux operating system.
- Familiarity with GNU Radio or similar software
- Proficiency in working with software-defined radios (SDRs)
- Extensive experience in using spectrum and vector network analyzers for RF testing and troubleshooting
- Demonstrated expertise in systems integration and complex systems debugging
- Strong grasp of electronics and RF theory, and hands-on experience with electronics hardware, including both analog and digital
- Experience with programming & scripting: Matlab, Python, C/C++, JS, etc
- Experience with full-lifecycle product development
- Solid understanding of telemetry systems
- Capability to manage complex projects, including experience leading technical teams through all phases from concept to completion.
- Superior communication skills, both verbal and written
- Previous involvement with antenna design, radio frequency (RF) systems, and ground station operations
- Prior work on large scale, high reliability systems
- 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
- Understanding of signal processing - Nyquist, sampling rates, data decimation

**Additional Requirements**:

- Willingness to travel as required to domestic and international ground station sites (< 25%)
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones

Ground Segment RF Engineer

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Staff Software Engineer, iOS**, reporting to the **Director, Ground Segment & Mission Operations.**

As an iOS software engineer you will be the responsible engineer for the design, build, and testing of iOS native applications written in Swift to power crew user interfaces operating in Low Earth Orbit aboard Haven-1. You will shepherd the project through the full Software Development Lifecycle as the original author of the app. In your day-to-day you will collaborate with the UX design, flight software, and avionics teams to ensure the app functions reliability and meets the required objectives. Join us for the unique opportunity to write apps that fly in space.

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

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop new and optimize existing software codebases and systems which will be used to power crew devices on the Vast family of spacecraft
- Mentor junior software engineers to help build a strong and capable team
- Own the lifecycle of software, including rolling out to operations, managing configurations, maintaining and upgrading, and supporting end-users
- Configure and optimize automated testing and deployment systems
- Ensure software quality and reliability through testing, clean-code, and attention to software security

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Informatics, Human-Centered Design & Engineering or other engineering discipline
- 7+ years experience writing software
- 4+ years experience writing iOS applications (Objective-C/C++ & Swift)

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Experience writing applications shipped and used by millions of users
- Proficiency using the command line, writing shell scripts, and an understanding of the GNU/Linux operating system
- Experience coding in C and C++ and integrating that code into iOS applications
- Experience building applications in the cloud
- Enjoys end-user facing roles and interfacing with cross-functional teams
- Ability to work quickly and accurately in fast-paced environment during critical launch and mission operations
- Excellent communicator, both written and verbal
- Familiarity with Git
- Collaborative mindset
- Problem solver with a bias for action

**Additional Requirements:**

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

Staff Software Engineer, iOS, Haven

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Manager, Avionics Test Engineering**, reporting to the **SVP of Engineering,** to support the development of hardware 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:**

- Recruit, retain and empower a diverse team of engineers to design, develop, and maintain custom test solutions for flight hardware consisting of in-house developed electronics, optics, RF antennas and modulators, and electro-mechanical hardware
- Set and lead the avionics test strategy and drive overall results against business objectives
- Select commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test
- Work with other software teams to make use of existing infrastructure as well as write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems
- Work closely with and consistently provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive innovation in design and infrastructure to increase product reliability and yield
- Manage the evaluation and selection of technologies, tools, and third-party partners
- Root-cause test anomalies and failures during various states of testing and development to ensure they are understood and implement mitigations

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience with design, development, test, and verification
- 3+ years of experience in a management position with engineering direct reports

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Master of Science degree in electrical engineering, or related engineering discipline
- Experience analyzing circuits and developing functional test plans
- Experience developing object-oriented software
- Experience designing and troubleshooting PCBAs
- Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, DAQs and measurement techniques to verify and validate product electronic requirements
- Experience with RF test equipment including spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, and signal generators
- Understanding of electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage
- Create and use tools such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), and Fault Containment Regions (FCRs) to identify critical test criteria
- Understanding of metrology, sources of measurement error, and uncertainty analysis
- Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as HALT, HASS, vibration, shock, thermal, TVAC, and EMI/EMCProvide a summary of who the company is, the role, skills and experience being looked for and what success in this role looks like.


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Manager, Avionics Test Engineering

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software**, reporting to **Senior Manager, Ground Software** to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and manufacture of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. As a software engineer on our growing team, you'll have an opportunity to learn and grow under the mentorship of seasoned engineers from aerospace and big tech, building powerful software that helps expand humanity into space.

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

**Responsibilities:**

- Work with team to design and implement web applications using modern frontends and application servers, that consume apis and micro-services in a heterogeneous environment
- Work with team to design and implement backends including data modeling, apis, and supporting pipelines
- Rapidly iterate on tooling and design new applications as the company grows
- Influence and adopt software practices and patterns that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline
- 6+ years of software development or relevant industry experience
- Experience building, shipping, and supporting complex, data-intensive full-stack software applications

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Experience working on ambiguous problems
- Production DevOps experience (Docker and K8s preferred)
- Experience working with multiple programming languages
- Experience working with time series data and databases
- Experience with CAD software and the hardware engineering processes
- Experience with API design
- Experience with one or more of the following platforms and frameworks
    - React, Vue or similar
    - NextJS
    - GraphQL
    - Nodejs
    - OAuth
    - Terraform
    - PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server

Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 an **RF Test Engineer**, reporting to the **Director, RF Engineering**, to develop and deploy creative test solutions for complex RF communications and antenna systems for artificial gravity space stations. Your work will be vital in testing new and existing RF hardware to support Vast’s mission. This will be a full-time, **exempt** position located in our **Long Beach** location. Help us make the communication systems that will advance human spaceflight!

**Responsibilities:**

- Work closely with RF and antenna engineers to design and build state of the art automated test systems for component level and vehicle level applications.
- Test automation software development for test instruments, data processing, test sequencing, and reporting.
- Define RF test system requirements and specifications.
- Support spacecraft RF test activities such as OTA, EMI/EMC, antenna pattern measurement, and system checkouts.
- Hands on environmental test for RF hardware (thermal cycling, TVAC, random vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, humidity, etc) as well as supporting spacecraft integration test in cleanroom facilities.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in ECE, EE, Physics, or related STEM discipline
- 2+ years in an RF design and/or test role
- Experience with RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Signal Generators, Communications Test Systems, Power Meters, etc

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Ms in ECE, EE, Physics, or related stem discipline.
- Mission oriented mindset with a strong desire for team success.
- Comfortable communicating deeply technical topics to a wide variety of audiences.
- Experience with GNU Radio and software-defined radios (SDRs).
- Understanding of RF modulation and media access control schemes such as BPSK, SOQPSK, GMSK, APSK, TDMA, FDMA, etc.
- Familiarity with IP networking and ethernet connected test instruments.
- Experience with serial communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, and I2C, RS-422/485.
- Understanding of RF schematics and RF electronics manufacturing.
- Experience with software development: Matlab, LabVIEW, Python, C/C++, etc.
- Familiarity with space rated avionics test standards such as SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000, MIL-STD-461, etc.

**Additional Requirements:**

- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

RF Test Engineer

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Supplier Quality Engineer**, reporting to the **Manager of Quality,** 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 **Hawthorne** location. In the role of Supplier Quality Engineer you will be crucial in ensuring the consistent quality and reliability of the products and components we receive from our suppliers.

**RESPONSIBILITIES:**

- Evaluating and onboarding new suppliers, ensuring they meet our quality expectations by conducting regular audits, assessments, and evaluations to ensure that our suppliers adhere to our quality standards.
- Assure supplier understanding of product and submission requirements.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with our suppliers, address any quality-related issues, identify risks in the supply chain, and implement improvements.
- Work collaboratively with design engineers to gain an in-depth knowledge of piece part, assembly, and/or sub-system design intent.
- Work collaboratively with various departments across the business to strategically source parts matched with supplier competencies by reviewing and assessing supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems.
- Setting and enforcing quality standards for incoming materials, components, and products.
- Conduct inspections, tests, and assessments to ensure that the products meet our specifications and are free from defects.
- Use expertise to contribute to the prevention of defects and non-conformities, ultimately reducing the likelihood of recalls and/or customer complaints.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, both internally and with our suppliers, by analyzing quality data, identifying trends, and implementing corrective and preventive actions to enhance the overall quality of our products and reduce costs.
- Create and define supplier technical and quality requirements based on customer and program requirements and expectations for NPI and manufacturing phases.
- Implement and monitor production part approval process (PPAP) with selected suppliers to enable rate manufacturing.
- Develop and approve process controls to regulate acceptance of critical characteristics.
- Recommend technical product improvements to reduce risk and potential defect opportunities and provide feedback as appropriate on manufacturing methods and technologies.
- Analyze supplier quality and delivery metrics to identify trends, pinpoint systemic performance gaps, and determine root causes in order to develop supplier improvement plans.
- Function as liaison between purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues and to provide technical support.
- Drive supplier corrective actions associated with any escapes or contaminants identified in Vast manufacturing or the Vast supply chain.
- Demonstrate autonomy, innovation, technical excellence, and attention to detail.

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or supply chain or 5+ years of experience in supplier quality.
- 3+ years of manufacturing, mechanical, supply chain, or business management experience.

**PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:**

- Master's degree in engineering, business, or supply chain.
- 5+ years of experience with mechanical assemblies, materials and processes.
- 1+ years of experience with optical systems.
- In-depth understanding of aerospace industry regulations and standards.
- Experience managing external suppliers.
- Strong negotiating skills to drive preferred pricing and results.
- Experience with Quality Management Systems (ISO 9000 / AS9100 / NADCAP).
- Knowledge of supplier quality processes (PPAP, APQP, FAI reports, etc.).
- Experience in statistical controls and methods (e.g. MSA, GR&R, Design of Experiments, Six Sigma, etc.).
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.
- Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills.

**ADDITION REQUIREMENTS:**

- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted.
- Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Supplier Quality Engineer

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 seeking a **Quality Engineer** who will report to the **Manager of Quality**. The role involves providing support in developing systems necessary for the design and construction of human-rated artificial-gravity space stations. This is a full-time, **exempt** position based at our **Hawthorne** facility. The Quality Engineer will play a crucial role in aiding the efforts of our Principal Quality Engineer and will also engage in extensive collaboration across functions to execute initiatives for continuous improvement aimed at maintaining the quality of products and processes.

**Responsibilities:**

- Responsible partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams through product development and manufacturing to create quality plans for flight hardware, including identification of key characteristics, prototype testing for functionality and manufacturability, first article and detailed inspection planning, and consideration of past failures and lessons learned.
- Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that quality goals are consistently met.
- Design, implement, and monitor quality controls across the product lifecycle, ensuring early issue detection and resolution resulting in products that meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Ensure that our products remain compliant with industry standards and regulations.
- Analyze current processes and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.
- Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability, collaborating with integrated product teams to drive improvements and address high-impact and repeating non-conformances.
- Perform in-depth analyses to determine the underlying causes, enabling targeted corrective and preventive actions that address the core problems and prevent recurrence.
- Proactively identify opportunities for process optimization and waste reduction.
- Establish data-driven quality metrics and key performance indicators.
- Work closely with various departments, including R&D, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to facilitate the sharing of quality-related insights and best practices, fostering a cohesive and unified approach to quality standards, and effective quality control methodologies.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement by promoting quality awareness, providing training, and facilitating improvement projects.
- Investigate failures in manufacturing, test and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes.
- Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities.
- Support the shop floor in continuous improvement and the advancing of a Lean, autonomous production system through creation of standard rework/repair guides, removal of redundant or unnecessary inspection, and improved control and optimization of critical processes.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
- 3+ years of related engineering experience in aerospace with emphasis in quality engineering, systems engineering, and/or project management.

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, or electrical engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in aerospace or related fields.
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for the team’s spirit of innovation and mission of improving Quality of manufacturing in cutting-edge technology.
- Demonstrated application of process controls in high volume manufacturing, test, and quality environment.
- Dedicated to adopting a Lean approach to quality without compromising safety or reliability.
- Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation, advanced product quality planning (APQP), metrology, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem solving approaches.
- Experience developing or supporting any of the following products/processes:
    - CNC machining, forming, bending.
    - Fluid component/valve assembly.
    - Complex mechanical/structural assemblies.
    - Advanced composites systems.
    - Pre-preg lamination/curing composites.
    - Bonding, drilling, fastening and other assembly manufacturing processes.
    - Avionics integration and testing.
    - Fluid system pressure testing.
    - Welding (EB, MIG, TIG, & OTW).

**Additional Requirements:**

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

Quality Engineer

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 **Senior RF & DSP Engineer**, reporting to the **Director, RF Engineering**, to execute the development of the RF Systems for artificial gravity space stations. This will be a full-time, **exempt** position located in our **Long Beach** location.

As a Senior RF & DSP Engineer at Vast, you will work in the area where hardware and DSP meet, developing software defined and FPGA based modems and test systems. Vast employs DSP for space station communication systems, ground stations, as well as component and system level test solutions. You will work directly on the communication systems used to fly humans in space.

**Responsibilities:**

- System and modem level design for crewed spacecraft communication, ground systems, and test.
- Work collaboratively with RF hardware engineers, flight software, ground software, and other teams to create and verify performance of communication systems
- Create communication system specifications and requirements
- Model communication systems and estimate performance in orbital scenarios including artificial gravity generation
- Generate excellent documentation and effectively communicating technical information to team members and vendors with diverse backgrounds
- Contribute to a culture of extreme ownership by looking beyond the immediate performance of your RF subsystems and understanding its broad impact on other systems, teams, and all aspects of Vast

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelors degree in ECE, EE, Physics, or related STEM 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
- Mission oriented mindset with a strong desire for team success
- Comfortable communicating deeply technical topics to a wide variety of audiences
- Experience with software development in: Matlab, Python, C/C++, etc.
- Proficient with software defined radio development in GNU Radio
- Experience with embedded programming for MCUs and/or FPGAs
- 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 RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Signal Generators, Communications Test Systems, Power Meters, etc
- 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
- 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 define the way engineering is carried out while doing your own development work

Senior RF & DSP Engineer

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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(n) **Manufacturing Engineer, ECLSS**, reporting to the **Acting Director, ECLSS,** 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:**

- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes and onboard equipment for environmental and thermal control systems, considering factors such as efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
- Design, fabricate, and activate ground support equipment and test articles in partnership with technicians, with a focus on pressurized ground systems
- Operate, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and modify manufacturing and testing equipment, including pressurized systems from vacuum to 20,000 psig, pneumatic and hydraulic, oxygen systems, refrigerant systems, and data and control systems
- Create and maintain detailed manufacturing plans, assembly procedures, and work instructions to ensure consistent and accurate production of thermal control systems.
- Identify and resolve manufacturing challenges by conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
- Collaborate with design teams to provide input on the manufacturability, assembly, and test processes of thermal and environmental hardware components such as tubing, heat exchangers, cold plates, pumps, fans, valves, heaters, filters and MLI.
- Work closely with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality components, reviewing and approving supplier manufacturing processes.
- Perform hands-on assembly, integration, and testing of components, ensuring compliance with engineering specifications and industry standards.
- Collaborate with quality assurance teams to establish and maintain rigorous quality control processes for manufacturing.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance manufacturing efficiency, reduce waste, and improve overall product quality.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in applicable manufacturing to drive innovation within the company.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- 3 + years of experience in manufacturing engineering, preferably in the aerospace or environmental and thermal control industry.
- Proficiency in CAD software (such as Siemens NX) for reviewing designs and creating manufacturing documentation.

**Preferred Skills & Experience:**

- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
- Strong GD&T skills, and experience creating and reviewing drawings.
- Strong understanding of fluid systems, tube manufacturing processes, and assembly techniques.
- Strong understanding of MLI manufacturing processes and assembly techniques.
- Experience working with paints, coatings, and adhesives in an aerospace context.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to perform root cause analysis.
- Hands-on experience with testing and troubleshooting fluids components is desirable.
- Skilled in operation of machinery and hand tools
- Able to work effectively in a team environment
- Comfortable working in a rapidly changing, ambiguous environment balancing multiple projects with flexibility.

**Additional Requirements:**

- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted


**COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS**

Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 15 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, free catered meals and snacks and beverages, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, One Medical membership, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.

**U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS**

The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by

[22 C.F.R. § 120.62](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/section-120.62)

or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.

**EQUAL OPPORTUNITY**

Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Manufacturing Engineer, ECLSS

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 zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. 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 an **Additive Manufacturing Engineer**, reporting to the **Senior Manager of Advanced Manufacturing**, be responsible for the design, development, and testing of all aspects of the additive process with a focus on machines, software, part design and analysis, and additive techniques.

This will be a full-time, **exempt** position located in our **Hawthorne** location.

**Responsibilities:**

- Design, develop, and test all aspects of the additive manufacturing process.
- Create optimized build files for current and future products including support design and powder removal design.
- Work with all engineering teams to develop additive manufacturing processes for new designs that leverage the full capability of the technology.
- Work with new machines from installation through troubleshooting, calibration, and maintenance, while developing standard operating procedures and communicating with machine suppliers to address needs and problems.
- Develop additive material parameters to optimize printing capabilities.
- Produce reports, procedures, and manuals to document results to mature development processes for production.
- Work with all engineering teams to help develop.
- Investigate and develop new additive technologies as it relates to business needs.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in aeronautical, aerospace, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
- 2+ years of experience in propulsions design or development of metallic additive technologies.
- Deep knowledge of metal additive manufacturing technology.

**Preferred Skills and Experience:**

- Master’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
- 2+ years of experience operating additive machines, including parameter developments and process control.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability.
- Knowledge of various additive and subtractive manufacturing and joining techniques for metals.
- Solid understanding of optics and lasers.
- Experience with setting up and running multifactorial design of experiments (DOE’s).
- Ability to perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals.
- Proficient in basic principles of compressible and incompressible flow, thermodynamics, thermochemistry, mechanics, materials, and electrical circuits.
- Experience with NX, Solidworks.
- Experience with additive slicing softwares and parameter manipulation.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to succinctly present recommendations.
- Passion for advancing additive manufacturing technology.
- Able to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment.
- Highly self-motivated and able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Vast

Progress is impossible without change and at Vast, we're doing things differently. We are pushing the boundaries of what has long been deemed impossible. We're not just building a space station. We're building a team of passionate, mission-driven people with an unwavering commitment to pioneering human productivity in space. We empower innovative ideas and inclusivity at our core. We're hiring the best so we can be the change. If you're ready to join us as we journey towards our bold vision of expanding humanity across the solar system, we'd love to hear from you: https://www.vastspace.com/careers

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