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Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches in 2027, followed by additional Haven modules. Additionally, the company recently announced Vast Satellite, a high-power satellite product line leveraging its space station components and the heritage of Haven Demo.\nHeadquartered inLong Beach, California, and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.\nVast is looking for a Build Reliability Engineer (Avionics), reporting to the Principal Build Reliability Engineer, to support the reliability of flight avionics hardware across the product lifecycle for our human-rated space stations. In this role, you will work at the intersection of design, manufacturing, integration, and test to ensure that our space systems meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and performance.\nThis will be a full-time, exempt position at our Long Beach location.\nResponsibilities\nOwn Build Reliability for avionics hardware and work centers, setting expectations for reliability, manufacturability, and build and flight readiness\nPartner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance leadership to ensure robust, scalable quality and verification plans across the product lifecycle, with lessons consistently carried across programs\nEnsure successful introduction of flight hardware by defining readiness criteria, including process qualification, manufacturability, and inspectability, and driving the retirement of build risks through production ramp-up\nDrive maturation of internal avionics production processes, ensuring documentation, equipment, tooling, process controls, data collection, and training support consistent and streamlined execution\nEnsure off-nominal work is performed and documented reliably. Partner with Mission Assurance to drive risk mitigations and steer response plans to severe issues. Provide leadership and technical direction for high-visibility issues, establishing recovery plans and aligning operations, quality, and engineering on execution\nCollect and analyze build data to identify risk and recurring issues. Lead build quality reviews, generate data-driven recommendations, and effectively influence partner teams to prioritize efforts that prevent escapes and improve reliability\nLead containment and root-cause investigation of high-impact Avionics-related issues. Ensure implementation and verification of robust corrective actions that address root cause and systemic contributors across Vast\nLead major cost of quality reduction initiatives through simplification of requirements, clearer design standards, streamlined inspection and process validation steps, and strengthened process controls\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field\n2+ years of experience in manufacturing, design, quality, reliability, or related roles\nDemonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives\nExcellent communication and technical skills\nPreferred Skills & Experience\nMasters Degree or higher\nExperience working in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments\nDirect experience working on any of the following products/processes:\nHarness Manufacturing\nAvionics/Electromech Manufacturing\nFunctional testing, pressure testing, environmental testing\nProven track record of taking ownership in projects, performing root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and influencing suppliers to drive results\nDemonstrated ability to learn new tools, processes, and technical concepts quickly\nAbility to thrive in a fast paced environment and collaborate effectively across a matrix of functions across the organization\nDetail-oriented mindset, great organizational and project-management skills\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, capable of interfacing with and conveying concepts to all levels of Vast\nExperience in statistical controls and methods (e.g. MSA, DOE, hypothesis testing, etc.)\nDisciplined problem-solving approach (Six Sigma, 8D, etc.)\nWorking knowledge of quality systems and standards (ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.)\nAdvanced degree in an engineering discipline\nFamiliarity with industry standards relevant to solar arrays and avionics manufacturing, such as IPC 620 (harnesses), IPC 610 (electronic assemblies), NASA 8739.4 workmanship standards and launch requirements per SMC-S-016\nAdditional Requirements\nAbility to travel up to 5%\nAbility to support mission-critical events outside normal working hours\nPay Range: California\n$112,340—$195,552 USD\nWe calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability. We welcome applicants across a range of experience levels to apply.\nCOMPENSATION AND BENEFITS\n\nBase 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: medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, 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 & onsite barista, 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.\n\nU.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS\n 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. 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