Jobs at Vast

Supports certification planning and execution for Haven human-rated spacecraft. Responsibilities include tracking certification requirements and artifacts, maintaining verification status, coordinating across engineering and mission teams, developing verification plans and compliance documentation, participating in testing and demonstrations, identifying certification risks, and preparing evidence packages for certification milestones.

Leads fluid systems design for human-rated space stations, covering propulsion, thermal control, and ECLSS vehicle packaging and component design. Manages and mentors design engineers, establishes design practices, coordinates integration with structures, analysis, testing, manufacturing, and operations, and supports design reviews, risk management, supplier qualification, and technical interfaces with external partners and government agencies.

Support and lead hardware integration, build, and test operations for human-rated space station systems. Plan and run tests, coordinate technicians and engineers, document and resolve non-conformances, refine manufacturing processes, and provide go/no-go decisions to keep production and testing on schedule.

Build and manage vehicle-level finite element models for human-rated space stations. Perform structural dynamics analyses supporting structural sizing, mass and cost optimization, collaborate with design and test engineers, validate analysis methods, and support vibration testing across spacecraft development lifecycles.

Coordinate multi-round and panel interview scheduling, onsite logistics, and candidate communication across open roles. Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to resolve scheduling issues, maintain recruiting coordination processes, identify workflow friction, and support talent operations projects. The role requires strong organization, communication, accountability, and attention to detail in a fast-paced onsite environment.

Leads high-priority technical initiatives from requirements through deployment and support. Designs internal tools, integrations, workflow automations, cloud solutions, and AI-enabled applications while translating business needs into scalable architectures. Partners with cross-functional and technical teams on security, governance, testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Manages priorities, risks, dependencies, roadmaps, and stakeholder expectations across multiple initiatives, with emphasis on AWS, automation, enterprise systems, and emerging technologies.

Senior Brand Designer creating event graphics, presentations, RFPs, illustrations, key art, layouts, typography systems, and visual assets. The role extends design systems, translates strategy into compelling creative, maintains brand consistency, presents work to stakeholders, and manages multiple fast-moving projects. It requires strong conceptual and production skills, expert Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and Google Workspace proficiency, plus availability for up to 50% travel and occasional evenings or weekends.

Leads the thermal control systems manufacturing engineering team for spacecraft hardware. Owns manufacturing development, production readiness, build execution, schedules, work instructions, inspection plans, process qualification, and nonconformance resolution. Partners with design, quality, supply chain, technicians, and integration teams to manufacture pumps, fluid loops, coldplates, heaters, and tubing. Mentors engineers, supports hiring, drives design for manufacturability, supplier readiness, root-cause corrective actions, and successful hardware integration.

Lead design and reliability reviews for human-rated space station systems. Oversee qualification and test completeness, assess design and operational changes, develop engineering standards and review frameworks, track design maturity and compliance, build risk-analysis tools, and collaborate across configuration management, software, manufacturing, integration, and test teams to improve system reliability.

Supports manufacturing development, assembly, inspection, integration, and troubleshooting of thermal control system hardware for human-rated space stations. Creates work instructions and inspection plans, works directly with shop-floor technicians, resolves manufacturing issues, supports nonconformance investigations and corrective actions, provides design-for-manufacturing feedback, and performs or supports specialized fluid-system processes including welding, brazing, tube bending, cleaning, leak testing, and pressure testing.

Leads Vast’s People Business Partner function, including team development, operating model strategy, executive advising, organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, change leadership, performance programs, engagement, people analytics, and compliant HR practices across multiple domestic and international locations. Partners with leaders across engineering, manufacturing, mission operations, and corporate functions to scale teams and culture during rapid growth.

Leads cross-functional software and hardware development projects for space station systems, managing scope, schedules, costs, risks, priorities, documentation, and stakeholder communication. Partners across engineering, industrial design, and mission operations to deliver safe, high-quality products on tight timelines. Requires technical engineering experience, project leadership, product lifecycle expertise, and familiarity with project management tools.

Responsible for avionics systems engineering across spacecraft design, integration, testing, launch, and operations. Defines system architectures, interfaces, requirements, budgets, fault tolerance, verification plans, and autonomous behaviors. Supports vehicle health monitoring, troubleshooting, risk assessment, configuration management, reliability improvements, and production process development. Collaborates cross-functionally, mentors engineers, and travels up to 10% to launch sites and test facilities.

Manage demand, supply, and fulfillment planning for avionics and electronic hardware. Maintain BOMs and master data, coordinate with stakeholders, drive procurement and production releases, update forecasts for ECOs, monitor obsolescence and lead times, and produce reporting (LOB, shortage, Clear-to-Build) to ensure material readiness.

Design and build full-stack web applications, backend APIs, data models, pipelines, developer tooling, and platforms for mission and flight software systems. Develop interfaces with flight software and simulations, support test automation and continuous deployment, and establish scalable engineering practices for a growing software organization.

Design, analyze, build, and test mechanical mechanisms for spacecraft solar array deployment and articulation. Responsibilities include torque budgeting, drivetrain and bearing selection, life analysis, environmental testing, failure investigation, and cross-functional system integration. The role supports design reviews, FMEA/FMECA, NASA deliverables, and mission-critical testing for human-rated space stations.

Develops and documents system safety analyses for human-rated space stations and spacecraft. Partners with engineering teams to identify hazards, assess failure tolerance, define risk controls, evaluate crew survivability and human error, support range safety compliance, and communicate safety outcomes during design reviews. The role also assesses compliance with NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, and ARP-4761 standards while supporting design improvements that reduce risk to people and property.

Owns qualification and verification testing for spacecraft solar arrays, including environmental, functional, electrical, and lifecycle testing. Develops test plans, procedures, instrumentation requirements, and reports; coordinates internal and external test campaigns; analyzes data and leads failure investigations. The role collaborates across engineering disciplines, supports test facility and GSE development, applies aerospace standards, and presents readiness reviews and results throughout the product lifecycle.

Build and own satellite assembly, integration, and test processes from development units through rate production. Define test philosophies, plans, procedures, verification methods, environmental testing, and mechanical/electrical ground support equipment. Lead spacecraft integration campaigns, troubleshoot failures, manage test data, improve repeatability, and support design-for-manufacture and design-for-test. Collaborate with structures, avionics, thermal, power, GNC, and flight software teams in an on-site, hands-on clean-room environment.

Develops and manages electronic parts control plans and databases for human-rated space stations and high-power satellites. Responsibilities include vendor and part qualification, reliability analysis, component selection and derating guidance, failure analysis, radiation and survivability considerations, and collaboration across engineering, quality, and supply chain teams. The role also tailors aerospace standards, supports configuration and quality practices, and may require up to 10% travel and overtime during mission milestones.