Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Vast is looking for an Electrical Design Engineer, Avionics, reporting to the Senior Director, Electrical 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:

Act as responsible engineer for flight hardware, from conception through build, qualification, flight integration, and ultimately flight operations.

Perform component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, circuit board design, prototyping, board bring up, debugging, circuit validation, and design documentation for electrical designs.

Analyze and troubleshoot electronic assemblies, define new processes, design circuits/fixtures/tools, and identify opportunities for improvement in both products and processes.

Support mission operations by providing real-time input during flight, completing data reviews, monitoring hardware performance, and working with partners to simplify operation of our avionics systems.

Work with experts from other teams and departments to ensure that fielded systems perform their function while being efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.

Define acceptance testing and qualification requirements of new and existing hardware, perform development and qualification testing to prove out design, and formally document test results.

Travel to launch sites for testing and/or operations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.

Experience with avionics design, analysis, and/or unit level testing.

Experience with avionics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, current probes.

Experience with analog, digital, or mixed signal multi-layer PCB design.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software.

Ability to creatively solve problems and asses risk.

Understand electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage.

Hands-on experience with sizing, installing and troubleshooting various electronic components.

Experience with NX or similar CAD software.

Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, power supplies, etc.).

Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere.

Additional Requirements:

Ability to travel up to 10% travel to support launch campaigns.

Pay Range:

Electrical Design Engineer I: $103,000 - $122,220

Electrical Design Engineer II: $112,340 - $159,468

Senior Electrical Design Engineer: $137,760 - $195,552

Pay Range: California

$103,000—$195,552 USD