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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 Avionics & Power Systems Engineering Manager, reporting to the Senior Director of Avionics Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test, to develop world-class Avionics & Power Systems for Vast’s human rated space station and next-generation satellite programs,\nThis will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.\nResponsibilities: \nHire and manage a team of world-class avionics and power systems engineers. \nNegotiate between business and technical stakeholders to establish program requirements and drive system-level architecture trades to closure. \nDevelop and own the fault management strategy for the avionics and power subsystems. \nLead cross-functional engineering teams to capture system-level operating modes, fault tolerance requirements, constraints, and behaviors and drive their implementation in the avionics and power systems.\nDrive the generation of Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Avionics and Power Systems.\nQuantify Avionics and Power System performance metrics and sensitivities to drive technical decisions using analysis or modeling infrastructure. \nIdentify Avionics and Power System verification milestones in the form of analyses, demonstrations, inspections, and tests to ensure program success. \nOwn the vehicle Interface Control Document (ICD) and all of the processes and tools which achieve configuration control across the entire vehicle, keeping hardware and software teams synchronized.\nDefine and own vehicle and system level verification campaigns. Work closely with Avionics Test and Integration Test teams to ensure timely and accurate execution of verification events.\nLead efforts to consolidate verification reports and support Final Verification Review for Avionics and Power Systems for each program.\nWork closely with the Vehicle Systems Engineering team to develop and maintain Validation & Verification tracking processes and supporting tools\nSupervise Avionics & Power Systems engineers to deliver tasks to time and quality requirements. Support team to establish relative priorities between tasks.\nLead Avionics & Power Systems Engineering team to produce high quality documentation for program milestone requirements.\nServe as a mentor for junior engineers with the team on best practices in Systems Engineering.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other hard science\n8+ years of post bachelor’s experience working with aerospace avionics systems\n2+ years of experience leading or managing cross functional teams developing a product with complexity in operations and design; direct people management experience required.\nPreferred Skills & Experience:\nDemonstrated experience championing a culture of systems engineering, heavily emphasizing verification and validation through analysis and test with a test-like-you-fly mentality. \nEnd-to-end experience leading Validation and Verification (V&V) campaigns\nExperience leading requirements analysis and decomposition activities\nTrack record of deploying products with successful space flight heritage. \nExperience in space flight operations, ideally supporting vehicle operations plans and procedures for human space flight. \nExperience designing vehicle power systems against complex safety and fault tolerance requirements.\nStrong documentation and communication skills.\nExperience with industry standard Systems Engineering principles and best practices.\nAdditional Requirements:\nWillingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones\nPay Range: California\n$160,720—$261,900 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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