Long Beach, California, United States
$150-200k
Full Time
2 months ago
Job description
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 August 2025. 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 Senior Mission Assurance Engineer, reporting to the Sr. Director of Mission Assurance, 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 and implement a risk processes across the organization
- Assess and communicate technical risks to executive leadership and external stakeholders
- Ensure risk process achieves outcome of increasing probability of mission success while documenting risk informed decisions
- Prioritize actions to burn down highest risks and maintain an acceptable risk posture going into major tests and operations
- Assess risk landscape for identification of potential trends and recommend corrective actions
- Take ownership of the development of risk management tools to help it better serve our teams
- Mentor our engineering organization on best practices for risk identification and management
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum of a B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering, mathematics, physics, or related technical discipline
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, fluid schematics, and electrical circuit diagrams
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate technical information to non-technical partners
- Ability to form relationships with experts from varying engineering fields and provide constructive feedback
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience throughout the engineering lifecycle (design, build, operations, sustainment, and decommission)
- Strong understanding of engineering principles, particularly in the context of spaceflight applications
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
- Specific certifications, as appropriate
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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