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 Avionics Supply Chain Leader, reporting to the Senior Vice President of Quality and Supply Chain, 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:
- Partner with Avionics design engineers to understand their product roadmap. Lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, create proposals, and implement to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery.
- Investigate and source next generation technology, provide technical expertise, special knowledge and market trends to engineering, including driving value engineering through ideation and execution.
- Serve as the Avionics Supply Chain leader for all demand. Define, implement, and manage the end-to-end value stream for all Vast Space Avionics demand.
- Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Customers to develop and manage a best-in-class and optimized Avionics supply base that exceeds Vast’s unique requirements; including technical, quality, cost, and schedule.
- Collaborate with Vast Supplier Quality to develop and implement a strategic sourcing program that identifies opportunities for strategic sourcing, and develops and monitors underperforming Avionics suppliers.
- Continue to lead, grow and mentor the Avionics Sourcing organization, including engaging in long-term organizational design, team building and hiring, retention and continuous training.
- Leverage best practices to drive improved quality, delivery excellence, and continually reduce costs and improve the products and services for our customers.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Business or Engineering discipline
- At least ten years of experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Engineering and/or Supplier Quality
- At least five years of experience building and leading teams which includes more than two years managing people managers
- Advanced project management skills and the ability to influence change across a multi-disciplinary operation
- Knowledge of quality/manufacturing processes especially with Avionics product categories.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problem / root cause analysis (e.g. Lean Six Sigma)
- Strong background in supply chain, either in Demand Planning, Commodity Management or Strategic Sourcing, with a complete understanding of the end-to-end demand identification through fulfillment process.
- Ability to operate both strategically, tactically and operationally in a fast-paced environment; builds scalable systems and processes, rather than just addressing single issues.
- Strong business acumen, including finance acumen.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Master’s Degree
- Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction.
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
Pay Range:
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Sr Manager, Avionics Supply Chain M4: $130,000 - $190,000
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Director, Avionics Supply Chain M5: $155,000 - $220,000
Salary Range: California
$130,000—$220,000 USD
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 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.
What We Do
Founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb, Vast is developing humanity’s next-generation space stations and pioneering the path to long-term living and thriving in space. Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station, is currently in development and is expected to launch in 2025. Vast is also developing Haven-2, the proposed successor to the International Space Station (ISS), designed to serve NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program as a micro-gravity laboratory in space. Vast’s long-term ambition is to create artificial gravity habitations that enable humans to live in space, reaffirming its commitment to ensuring a spacefaring future for all.
Why Work With Us
We're developing artificial gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system in order to enable large populations to live and work in space. Not only is what we're working on groundbreaking, but the team prides itself on living by our values of respect, curiosity, action, and excellence making it a lot more fun to achieve our goal.
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