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Vast · 6 hours ago

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Long Beach, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$135K/yr - $206K/yr

5+ years exp

Vast is dedicated to contributing to a future where billions of people can thrive in space, focusing on building artificial gravity space stations. They are seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to support the development of systems required for designing and building human-rated space stations.

Defense & Space

Culture & Values

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Avionics designPCB designElectrical test equipmentAltium softwareNX CAD softwareAccountabilityProblem solvingCommunication skills

Required

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

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

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

Ability to travel up to 10% travel to support launch campaigns

Preferred

Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software

Ability to creatively solve problems and assess 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

Benefits

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents

Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

One Medical membership

ClassPass credits

Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health

Other discounts and perks

Exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge

Lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees

Company

Vast

Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

Founded in 2021

El Segundo, California, USA

501-1000 employees