At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations 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. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. 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, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. 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 Harness Design Engineer II, reporting to the VP, Avionics, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and manufacturing of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Develop the electro-mechanical design of flight wire harnesses for the Haven space station.
- Develop the electro-mechanical design of development and test harnesses to support qualification testing efforts.
- Meet with multidisciplinary stakeholders to gather harness design objectives and requirements.
- Develop harness design and routing solutions with a 3D NX CAD environment.
- Provide great flight wire harness and vehicle/system level documentation
- Perform analysis and physical testing of harnessing with respect to thermal, loads, vibration, and shock to ensure full qualification for flight.
- Document and communicate the design, analysis, and testing results thoroughly and clearly through the use of design reviews.
- Interface with harness production and integration teams to ensure final harness designs can be produced and installed on schedule in accordance with overall project goals.
- Perform R&D investigations and trade studies to push wire harness design to new boundaries in terms of capabilities, mass savings, cost savings.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 2+ years of experience in design focused roles
- 1+ years of experience with wire harness 3D design, wiring diagrams, and formboard creation.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience designing harnesses to IPC/WHMA-A-620, IPC/WHMA-A-620-S, and NASA-STD-8739.4.
- Strong team working skills with a proven ability to effectively interact and collaborate with other engineering disciplines and excellent attention to detail.
- 1+ years of experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
- Wire harness component selection and qualification experience.
- General wire harness analysis, testing, and qualification experience.
- 1+ years of experience with harness design and manufacturing documentation.
- Capability to solve complex design problems within tight schedules and minimal supervision.
- Passion for advancing the commercial space industry and space exploration, with a strong desire to revolutionize wire harness design.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding startup atmosphere.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Strong sense of personal accountability and drive to succeed.
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 25 lbs 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
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Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure 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. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. 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 2026, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030.
With more than 1,000 employees at its Long Beach, California headquarters and over a billion dollars in private capital invested, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.
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