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Designs and develops spacecraft solar arrays, including requirements, architecture trades, materials and vendor selection, photovoltaic manufacturing processes, qualification testing, and lifecycle troubleshooting. The engineer integrates with systems, power electronics, structures, thermal, and mission assurance teams; supports design reviews, drawing checks, technical documentation, and NASA deliverables. The role requires engineering design and verification experience with photovoltaics or comparable composite structures, with space industry and advanced analysis software experience preferred.

Develops and optimizes thermal control systems for human-rated space stations and spacecraft. Responsibilities include requirements development, thermal analysis, design documentation, hardware drawing reviews, cross-functional engineering coordination, customer reporting, and planning and execution of subsystem thermal vacuum testing. The role also evaluates cost and schedule impacts and supports thermal system lifecycle activities from concept through operations.

Leads reliability engineering for Haven-1 avionics, RF, and power systems. Responsibilities include FMEA and fault-tree analysis, design and test reviews, verification and validation, reliability risk reduction, engineering standards, configuration management, change control, and hardware integration. The role guides design decisions, qualification and acceptance testing, manufacturing readiness, and human-rated space station reliability throughout the development lifecycle.

Own full-cycle technical recruiting for manufacturing technicians and Manufacturing Engineers supporting space station and engine programs. Responsibilities include partnering with hiring managers, developing sourcing strategies, building talent pipelines, engaging passive candidates, managing interviews and offers, tracking recruiting metrics, maintaining ATS documentation, and ensuring a strong candidate experience during high-volume hiring.

Design and develop thermal control systems and components for human-rated space stations, from design trades through production, launch, and orbit insertion. Perform fluid analyses, systems engineering, testing, manufacturing process development, trade studies, and structural analysis. Lead design reviews and coordinate with suppliers, customers, technicians, software, avionics, and mission operations teams to deliver reliable, manufacturable hardware.

Design and develop thermal control systems and components for human-rated artificial-gravity space stations. Lead design trades, fluid analyses, manufacturing process iteration, testing, design reviews, systems integration, and project delivery through production, launch, and orbit insertion. Ensure designs are manufacturable, reliable, and optimized through structural analysis, failure investigation, trade studies, and collaboration with suppliers, customers, technicians, and interdisciplinary engineering teams.

Senior Photo Editor responsible for processing photography from backlog through final delivery, managing ingest and archiving workflows, creating reusable presets, and establishing consistent color, lighting, and retouching standards. The role also supports on-set Digitech work and occasional product, hardware, portrait, or event photography. This is a hands-on, onsite, 60-day fixed-term position in Long Beach, California.

Source and engage technical engineering talent for Vast’s human-rated space systems. Develop targeted sourcing strategies, build candidate pipelines, conduct initial screens, and partner with recruiters and hiring managers on role requirements. Manage candidate activity, sourcing priorities, competing requisitions, talent market mapping, and competitive intelligence while using ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and AI-powered sourcing platforms.

Develops and executes avionics test campaigns for human-rated space station flight hardware. Responsibilities include writing and maintaining test procedures, planning and directing integration tests, evaluating safety and quality requirements, managing test schedules, assessing risks, resolving nonconformances, and exercising technical authority during testing events. The role collaborates with engineering teams, subject matter experts, and technicians to verify vehicle-level systems and transition designs into tested flight-ready hardware.

Own end-to-end avionics box development for a scalable satellite bus, including make/buy/reuse decisions, schematic and layout, procurement, PCBA fabrication, board bring-up, radiation and environmental qualification, harness design, flight builds, and production-rate design. Coordinate parallel hardware developments, testing, design reviews, and collaboration with Haven-1 avionics teams.