Staff Electronics Piece Parts Engineer
Vast
At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for a Staff Electronics Piece Parts Engineer, reporting to the Director, RF Engineering, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, deploy, and operate electronics piece parts control plans for Vast’s human rated space station programs
- Tailor industry standards such as EEE-INST-002, NASA-STD-8739.10, etc for balancing high reliability, low cost, and development rate of Vast’s avionics products
- Manage a Vast parts database for screening, qualification, and monitor against GIDEP, Silicon Expert, etc
- Advise engineers on part selection and design for reliability such as FMECA/PFMECA and reliability design of experiments.
- Support component failure analysis through processes such as NDA, DPA, x-ray, CT scan, SEM, cross sectioning, etc
- Foster a strong interdisciplinary relationship with other teams that rely on the electronics parts team to be successful across engineering, quality, and supply chain
- Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, or related discipline
- 7+ years of experience working in an engineering role
- Deep understanding of electronics piece parts for space applications
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- MS or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, materials science, or related discipline
- Prior experience in an electronics, semiconductors, or electrical systems design role
- Experience with component selection, derating, and reliability analysis for space applications, including familiarity with standards such as EEE-INST-002, MIL-HDBK-217F, and ECSS/ESA standards
- Experience with software development in Matlab, Python, etc
- Knowledge of radiation effects on components (TID, SEE) and experience developing or advising on radiation test and mitigation plans
- Experience with ESD / electronics survivability
- Understanding of configuration management, requirements traceability, and quality assurance practices for electronics components
- Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to teach people of a multitude of education and industry backgrounds about Survivability.
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
- Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
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. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
