Jobs at Vast

Own RF products from development through mission service, including design, manufacturing, testing, integration, qualification, and vehicle delivery. Define test plans, checkout procedures, and RF requirements; coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors; conduct design reviews and trade studies; and support mission operations as an RF subject matter expert.

Supports structural and mechanisms testing for aerospace components, including test setup, instrumentation, data acquisition, troubleshooting, fixture design, and test procedure improvements. Operates hydraulic, pneumatic, and instrumentation systems; processes test data; maintains equipment calibration and preventive maintenance; and assists with lifting operations. The role independently executes tasks, resolves test issues, mentors technicians, and may lead small test teams. Requires onsite work in Long Beach, occasional travel to Mojave, overtime, elevated-height and outdoor work.

Partners with managers and functional leaders on organizational health, change leadership, talent management, performance management, compensation, employee relations, engagement, and team development. Provides HR guidance, uses people data to identify trends, maintains accurate HR systems, and improves scalable workflows. Supports a fast-growing, manufacturing-oriented workforce while reinforcing company values and may travel regularly between Vast locations.

Supports employee relations matters and workplace investigations from intake through resolution. Partners with managers, People Business Partners, Legal, and employees on policy guidance, conflict resolution, compliance, documentation, and corrective actions. Maintains confidential case files, analyzes trends, prepares reports and dashboards, supports policy updates and training, and helps mitigate organizational risk. Requires sound judgment, discretion, strong investigative and communication skills, and knowledge of federal and California employment laws.

Coordinate daily receipt of aerospace parts, materials, tooling, equipment, and supplies. Process accurate ERP/MRP receiving transactions, labels, documentation, certifications, traceability, inspections, discrepancies, and inventory controls. Maintain receiving and quarantine areas, expedite critical materials, support continuous improvement, and assist with shipping, inventory, logistics, and warehouse operations. Operate material-handling equipment safely and collaborate with Procurement, Quality, Inventory, Logistics, and Production teams.

Designs and builds automated RF test systems for component- and spacecraft-level applications. Develops test automation software, data processing, sequencing, and reporting; defines RF test requirements; and supports OTA, EMI/EMC, antenna pattern, and spacecraft system testing. Performs environmental testing including thermal cycling, TVAC, vibration, shock, and humidity, while supporting spacecraft integration in cleanroom facilities. Requires RF test experience, test equipment expertise, and software development skills.

Design and analyze primary and secondary structures for human-rated space stations. Develop mechanical designs, manufacturing drawings, test plans, and operational concepts while accounting for loads, vibrations, thermal effects, and other environments. Lead subsystem interface trades, support hardware through manufacturing and testing, and collaborate with fabricators and technicians to improve designs, processes, and resolve issues.

Coordinates manufacturing systems documentation, standards, communications, audits, factory-structure updates, data-hygiene actions, tickets, performance metrics, dashboards, and manufacturing reviews. Works closely with production teams, engineers, and leaders on the factory floor to improve system adoption, process consistency, and reporting. The role supports SOP development, training materials, visual management, and cross-functional manufacturing initiatives in an active aerospace manufacturing environment.

Develop, test, maintain, and support full-stack web applications and backend services using frontend technologies, APIs, microservices, data modeling, and application pipelines. Participate in the full software development lifecycle, code reviews, debugging, incident resolution, and technical discussions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable enterprise applications and improve engineering tools and practices.

Own internal mobility and contractor hiring processes from application or request through transition or start. Screen internal candidates, coordinate interviews and transition timing, maintain internal postings and documentation, manage contractor vendors and conversions, track requisition progress, and report on internal fill rates, transition times, conversions, vendor performance, and rate adherence. Partner with recruiters, hiring managers, People Operations, and People Business Partners.

Supports satellite business development as the technical bridge between engineering and prospective customers. Advises customers on system-level tradeoffs involving propulsion, payload, power, and performance; operates simulation tools; develops technical proposals; responds to RFIs and RFPs; and represents engineering at customer meetings, conferences, and public forums. The role also refines internal analysis tools, applies AI to engineering workflows, and collaborates cross-functionally throughout the sales cycle.

Leads characterization of lunar environmental hazards, including regolith and dust, radiation, micrometeorites, thermal conditions, illumination, and terrain. Translates findings into design requirements, margins, standards, verification methods, and risk mitigations across lunar habitats, surface systems, mechanisms, life support, avionics, power, and crew interfaces. Partners with systems architecture and hardware teams, leads trade studies and milestone reviews, applies historical lunar mission data, represents environmental risk to external partners, and mentors engineers.

Administer and support Teamcenter and NX PLM systems for aerospace engineering and manufacturing teams. Responsibilities include troubleshooting accounts, access, workflows, configurations, integrations, and material management; translating requirements into system changes; coordinating contractors; supporting patches and upgrades; maintaining documentation; and delivering user training. The role also requires requirements gathering, testing, root-cause analysis, and occasional overtime or weekend support for critical mission milestones.

Develops and delivers technical training for flight controllers and crew members supporting human-rated space station missions. Responsibilities include improving mission operations systems and processes, translating customer requirements into concepts of operations, developing procedures and flight rules, supporting pre-flight testing, operating crewed and uncrewed missions, resolving anomalies, monitoring telemetry, and coordinating with engineering and mission management teams. The role supports 24/7 mission-critical operations and requires up to 20% travel.

Manage cross-subsystem execution for satellite and human-rated space station development programs. Responsibilities include tracking action items, risks, dependencies, milestones, review readiness, schedules, and program status. Lead recurring execution meetings, coordinate engineering inputs, escalate unresolved risks, and build scalable project management processes. The role works closely with engineering teams, program leadership, schedulers, and external stakeholders in an on-site aerospace environment.

Develop and maintain end-to-end architectures for Vast’s lunar ecosystem, including habitats, power, communications, logistics, and crew systems. Translate NASA requirements into system requirements, concepts of operations, and interface documents; conduct architecture trade studies; manage mass, power, data, thermal, and consumables budgets; mitigate system risks; lead milestone reviews; and represent lunar architecture to customers, suppliers, and partners.

Administer and optimize Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Management platforms supporting space-station development. Responsibilities include configuration, governance, integrations, plugin management, Groovy scripting, workflow automation, migrations, troubleshooting, documentation, user support, and stakeholder requirements gathering. The role provides technical guidance, improves platform adoption, and ensures scalable, secure, compliant systems.

Own and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule for satellite programs across engineering subsystems and development phases. Develop proposal schedules, facilitate weekly status reviews, analyze critical paths and schedule risks, track margins and variances, manage baseline change control, and coordinate supplier schedules. Support program reviews with schedule reporting and establish repeatable scheduling processes and templates. The role is on-site in Long Beach with occasional supplier travel and may require extended hours.

Conduct facility access control, issue badges, patrol buildings and perimeters, escort vendors, document incidents, and respond to security or safety concerns. The officer supports departments during events and operations while maintaining professional communication and following security procedures. The role requires work across varied shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime, outdoor conditions, and extended periods of standing and walking.

Leads an engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining facilities, tooling, processes, and procedures used to build, integrate, test, and validate human-rated space station hardware. The role coordinates cross-functional production activities, resolves nonconformances, drives corrective actions, supports vehicle-level verification, improves manufacturing processes, and ensures safe, reliable, on-schedule execution. It also requires team development, technical judgment, configuration management, and hands-on integration leadership.