Senior Design Reliability Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for a&nbsp;<strong>Senior Design Reliability Engineer</strong>, reporting to the&nbsp;<strong>Senior Manager, Design Reliability</strong>,<strong>&nbsp;</strong>to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.</p> <p>This will be a&nbsp;<strong>full-time</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>exempt</strong>&nbsp;position located in our&nbsp;<strong>Long Beach</strong>&nbsp;location.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Technical Leadership</strong>: Lead the technical reviews that shape the future of artificial-gravity space habitats—providing clear, decisive guidance during milestone design reviews and major risk gates.</li> <li>Oversee qualification and test completeness for flight systems, ensuring our test campaigns are robust, disciplined, and aligned with human-rated reliability.</li> <li>Bring deep engineering intuition to test campaigns, identifying risks early and helping teams converge on safe, resilient solutions.</li> <li>Evaluate complex design and operational changes, safeguarding technical integrity as the system evolves.</li> <li><strong>Design Excellence</strong>:&nbsp;Serve as the architect and guardian of Vast’s engineering standards, design guides, and review frameworks—tools that enable fast, confident decision-making across the company.</li> <li>Make engineering best practices accessible and actionable, especially for engineers moving rapidly under ambitious program timelines.</li> <li>Support and elevate engineering teams across the organization by bringing broad experience in design, build c