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Staff Design Reliability Engineer

VastLong Beach, California, United States
On-site Full-time

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Technical Leadership: Guide technical reviews that shape the future of artificial-gravity habitats, providing clear and decisive direction during milestone design reviews and critical risk assessments. Ensure thorough qualification and testing of flight systems, guaranteeing our test campaigns are robust, disciplined, and aligned with human-rated reliability standards. Utilize your deep engineering intuition in test campaigns to identify risks early, helping teams converge on safe, resilient solutions. Assess complex design and operational changes, ensuring technical integrity is maintained as systems evolve. Design Excellence: Act as the architect and custodian of Vast’s engineering standards, design guidelines, and review frameworks to facilitate fast and confident decision-making across the organization. Make engineering best practices accessible and actionable, particularly for teams operating under ambitious timelines. Enhance and support engineering teams across the organization, leveraging your broad experience in design, build cycles, integration, and testing. Foster a collaborative environment to encourage innovation and efficiency.

About the job

At Vast, we are on a mission to pioneer a future where billions thrive in space. We are developing next-generation space stations designed to ensure a continuous human presence in space for the United States and its allies. Our innovations will facilitate advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, paving the way for a new space economy that serves government, corporate, and private customers alike. With a focus on an incremental, hardware-rich, and cost-effective approach, we are quickly advancing our multi-module Haven Station. The successful launch of Haven Demo in 2025 positions Vast as the only operational commercial space station company capable of flying and operating its own spacecraft. Following this, Haven-1 is set to become the world’s first commercial space station, with additional Haven modules to support a permanent human presence by 2030. Our dedicated team is committed to executing our mission with safety and precision. If you aspire to work alongside the most talented individuals on Earth to advance space exploration for humanity, we invite you to join us.

We are seeking a Senior Design Reliability Engineer, who will report directly to the Senior Manager of Design Reliability. In this pivotal role, you will play a key part in developing the essential systems required for designing and constructing artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This is a full-time, exempt position based in our Long Beach office.

About Vast

Vast is at the forefront of the space revolution, committed to creating innovative solutions for a sustainable human presence in space. Our cutting-edge technology and visionary approach aim to unlock new frontiers in microgravity research and manufacturing, fostering a vibrant space economy. Join us as we shape the future of humanity's exploration and habitation of space.

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