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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 Senior Avionics Engineer to support our Lunar Program, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Lunar Programs. As the first dedicated avionics engineer on the program, you will serve as a Responsible Engineer for flight avionics hardware, owning design, development, qualification, and integration from early architecture through flight. You will help define how the Lunar program builds avionics: setting the architecture, design standards, and verification practices that the team will inherit as the program scales.\nThis will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.\nResponsibilities: \nServe as Responsible Engineer for avionics subsystems and components, owning requirements, design, analysis, build, test, and flight readiness\nDefine and develop avionics architecture for lunar vehicles and systems, including flight computers, power distribution, data handling, communications, sensors, and harnessing\nDesign and develop flight electronics, including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, component selection, and box-level design, with attention to radiation, thermal, and environmental constraints beyond LEO\nWrite and manage avionics requirements and interface control documents, and work closely with GNC, flight software, propulsion, power, thermal, and structures teams to close interfaces\nLead design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR) and present technical trades, analyses, and risks to program and engineering leadership\nPlan and execute development, qualification, and acceptance test campaigns for avionics hardware, including functional, EMI/EMC, random vibration, shock, thermal cycling, and TVAC testing\nBuild and maintain avionics test benches, hardware-in-the-loop setups, and ground support equipment for checkout and integration\nSupport integration of avionics into vehicle-level systems, and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and interface issues through integrated testing\nPartner with suppliers on procurement, design reviews, and acceptance of avionics components and assemblies\nDrive reliability, parts selection, derating, and failure analysis practices, and own corrective actions on non-conformances\nHelp scope and grow the Lunar avionics team, mentoring engineers and technicians as new hires join\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline\n6+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing avionics or electrical hardware for aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding applications\nDemonstrated ownership of hardware from design through test and integration\nPreferred Skills & Experience:\nExperience serving as Responsible Engineer for spaceflight avionics through qualification and flight\nExperience with embedded systems, flight computers, power electronics, and data bus architectures (e.g., RS-422, CAN, SpaceWire, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553)\nExperience designing for radiation environments, including part selection, single-event effects mitigation, and total ionizing dose considerations for beyond-LEO or lunar missions\nProficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools (e.g., Altium) and the ability to read and interpret schematics, harness drawings, and interface documentation\nExperience with environmental and EMI/EMC testing for spaceflight hardware\nExperience with coding languages (Python, C/C++, MATLAB) for test automation, firmware support, and data analysis\nExperience standing up new hardware capability, labs, or teams in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment\nDemonstrated experience mentoring or leading engineers and technicians, formally or informally\nAbility to work in multi-disciplinary teams and operate independently with limited direction, thriving in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment\nAdditional Requirements:\nWillingness to travel to test sites, including Mojave and supplier or outside test facilities, as required\nWillingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones\nPay Range: California\n$147,000—$249,000 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. 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