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 May 2026. 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 Manager of Power Electronics, reporting to the VP of Avionics, to support the development of power electronics 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:
- Lead team to design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art power electronics tailored for extreme performance and reliability in demanding environments.
- Recruit and empower a diverse team of engineers to develop on-vehicle components and sub-systems from initial requirements to vehicle installation.
- This role is both managerial and technical, and you will have significant input, guidance, review, and oversight on your team’s work.
- Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.
- Negotiate between business and technical stakeholders to establish program requirements.
- Develop a requirements management system making requirements accessible and discoverable.
- Drive system level architecture trades to closure.
- Develop and own the fault management strategy for the space station and subsystems.
- Work with system disciplines to quantify system performance metrics and sensitivities to drive technical decisions using available modeling infrastructure.
- Identify program level verification milestones in the form of analyses, demonstrations, and tests to ensure program success.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or other comparable engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience in electrical power electronics design, simulation, fabrication, and testing
- 3+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Track record of deploying products with successful space flight heritage.
- Familiarity with spacecraft electrical power electronics and knowledge of space environment effects.
- Experience in space mission operations for manned space flight programs.
- SIMPLIS/SIMextrix experience
Pay Range:
- Manager, Power Electronics: $150,000-$175,000
- Senior Manager, Power Electronics: $170,000-$205,800
Salary Range: California
$150,000—$205,800 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 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, and other discounts and perks.We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.
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.
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Vast Long Beach, California, USA Office
2851 Orange Ave, Long Beach, CA, United States, 90755
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