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Own end-to-end mechanical engineering projects for Vast’s lunar ecosystem, including power stations, fluid systems, airlocks, nodes, and habitation modules. Lead lunar design trade studies, develop CAD models, drive fabrication and hardware integration, resolve anomalies, and represent systems at design reviews. The role requires hands-on ownership from concept through flight release, qualification, and testing while collaborating across power, thermal, avionics, life support, manufacturing, and systems architecture teams.

Design, implement, and support fixtures and tooling for Haven-1 assembly, lifting, and handling. Collaborate with integration, manufacturing, and vehicle engineering to define tooling specs, perform mechanical/FEA analysis, develop operation and maintenance plans, manage project schedules and vendors, iterate tooling improvements, and resolve production issues with technicians and stakeholders.

Lead reliability and design reviews for human-rated artificial-gravity space station systems. Oversee qualification and test completeness, drive engineering standards and processes, capture lessons learned, and partner cross-functionally to ensure design maturity, configuration control, and safe, resilient hardware development.

Support design, build, and operations of human-rated space stations by coordinating launch readiness, assessing and communicating risks, verifying testing and deliverables, supporting technical reviews, investigating anomalies, driving corrective actions, and building a safety-first mission assurance culture.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will design and analyze structures for space stations, considering environmental impacts and leading subsystem integrations.

Design, implement, and maintain data acquisition and complex control systems for testing space-rated hardware. Develop software tools and standards, troubleshoot test assets, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support robust testing and upgrade requests at the Long Beach test site.

The Power Electronics Engineer will develop power electronics systems for space stations, focusing on design, validation, and environmental testing.

Develop and maintain AI tooling systems for space stations, focusing on frontend customizations, AI integration, and full-stack feature implementation.

As a Senior Tooling Engineer, you will design, implement, and support tooling for spacecraft assembly, ensuring safety, functionality, and precision. You will manage vendor relationships and project schedules, while collaborating with engineering teams and performing mechanical analyses.

Develop and integrate flight software for Haven-1, ensuring safety-critical systems are reliable while collaborating across various engineering disciplines.