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 NDE Level II Inspector (RT), reporting to the NDE Supervisor, 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, non-exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct NDE (Non Destructive Evaluation) inspections/tests utilizing conventional and digital methods, interpreting and evaluating results using specific techniques and complying with industry and customer requirements for aerospace products
- Ability to read and understand complex drawings related to weld inspections where NDE inspection is required
- Utilize industry standards, customer documents and technique sheets to identify the inspection criteria
- Performing and document system checks, keep up with equipment calibration and maintenance and order NDE supplies as needed
- Work with manufacturing documentation such as router, travelers or work orders, bill of materials and supplier and customer purchase orders
- Familiar with documenting nonconformance report when inspection results do not meet the blueprint, technique or specification requirements
- Process parts in accordance with approved technical instructions; shoot parts, interpret film and/or images to evaluate and document inspection results
- Maintain inspection records that can be readily available for daily reviews and audits
- Participate in NDE internal and customer audits
- Assist the Responsible NDE Level III in developing specific technique sheets, procedures and work instructions
- Read & interpret digital/computed radiography (CR) (familiarity with Carestream systems and software a plus)
- Support company’s Key Performance Indicators, goals and objective in terms of support, execution of tasks, collecting and analyzing data, reporting status of Quality Management System (QMS) compliance
- Perform these duties and any other duties required or requested to support compliance and sustainability of the NDE inspection process and the Quality Management System (QMS)
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- NDE level II certification inline with ASNT TC-1A/NAS-410 guidance in radiography (RT)
- Radiation safety training/certification with IRRSP X-ray card
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- 2+ years of experience as a level II non-destructive evaluation/testing inspector
- 6+ months of experience performing computed or digital radiography
- Computed or digital radiography certification
- Operational experience of utilizing digital radiography systems
- NDE level II certification in line with ASNT-TC-1A guidance in dye penetrant (PT) and visual inspection (VT)
- Knowledge of Carestream
- Experience operating computed panels, scanners and direct digital panels
- Experience inspecting advanced materials such as high strength aluminum alloys, precipitation hardened steels, inconel, titanium and maraging steel (super alloys)
- Knowledge of AMS, AWS/ASME, ASTM, NASA-STD-5009
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and/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
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What We Do
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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