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The Director, Mission Engineering & Management will oversee program execution for a spacecraft bus product line, managing schedules, budgets, customer relations, and system requirements to ensure successful mission outcomes.

The Systems Engineer will own the spacecraft simulation toolchain for Vast, focusing on supporting design and analysis for spacecraft systems, ensuring rigorous validation and collaboration across disciplines.

The Senior Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist at Vast will manage all aspects of demand planning, sourcing, and procurement for satellite components, ensuring readiness for multi-satellite builds while maintaining vendor relationships and compliance with regulations.

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will design and implement manufacturing processes for tube systems to support the development of artificial-gravity space stations. Responsibilities include developing plans, resolving manufacturing issues, collaborating with engineers, and enhancing production efficiency.

Support development and maintenance of security policies, compliance documentation, and continuous monitoring across NIST, CMMC, and export-control regimes. Conduct assessments, gap analysis, remediations, and assist security engineering and audits. Recommend security tools, provide training, and support ATO/authorization efforts for mission environments.

Design and layout custom high-speed, multi-layer PCBs using Altium, collaborating with engineers and vendors to meet DFM and signal integrity requirements. Produce fabrication/assembly drawings, maintain Altium Vault and libraries, develop PCB processes and best practices, train teammates, and write scripts to automate workflows. Support mission milestones, including occasional evening/weekend work.

Lead full-cycle technical recruiting for multiple engineering disciplines: partner with hiring managers, source passive candidates, manage pipelines and ATS, run interview debriefs, report recruiting metrics, improve hiring velocity, and ensure a high-quality candidate experience while representing Vast's mission.

The Teamcenter Application Engineer will develop, deploy, and maintain PLM/CAD systems, manage customizations, and support engineering workflows for space station projects.

Support development of human-rated space station systems by performing system safety analyses (FHA, crew survivability, human error), documenting hazards and controls, assessing failure tolerance and compliance, participating in design reviews, and recommending design improvements to minimize risk to people and property.

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.