Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer, Haven

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 Mixed Signal Design Engineer Engineer, reporting to the SVP of Engineering, to support the development of hardware 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: 

• “Responsible Engineer” for components that are critical to flying a human safe space station
• Design, analysis, modeling, simulation, and characterization of mixed-signal circuits
• Participate-in a multi-functional engineering team environment to develop and integrate hardware, software, and network technology for products and systems
• Establish product objectives, specifications and technical solutions to ensure products satisfy customer requirements and deliverables. Focusing on the electrical inputs and outputs required to sense and control a spacecraft. 
• Lean across interfaces and act as systems engineer to ensure the product you’re delivering to the space station meets the system needs. 
• Contribute to all aspects of the product life cycle (concept, development, integration, qualification, acceptance, delivery, and maintenance)
• Work effectively across multiple corporate functions including business, engineering, operations, and manufacturing

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related engineering discipline
• 5+  years of experience with analog design, development, test, and verification
• 5+ years of experience working with a production facility to make sure hardware is manufacturable and reproducible
• Experience designing analog-to-digital conversion PCBs

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline
• Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software
• Previously qualified hardware for harsh environments (Space, Aircraft, Autonomous Vehicles, Military, etc.) with test campaigns including thermal, thermal vacuum, shock, vibration, and radiation
• Comfortable communicating technical topics to a variety of audiences
• Ability to creatively solve problems and weigh against multi-disciplinary requirements together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions
• Experience with fault-tolerant avionics computing architectures
• Understanding of electrical schematics and electronics manufacturing to analyze and improve test coverage
• Hands-on experience with sizing, installing and troubleshooting various electronic components
• Experience with wire harness design and build, including associated sub-components
• Experience with NX or similar CAD software
• Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, power supplies, etc.)
• Creative problem solver that can bring multiple disciplines together with the ability to assess risk and make design and development decisions without all available data  
• Self-motivated with strong learning, multi-tasking, organizational, communication and documentation skills
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills

Pay Range: 

• Senior Avionics Engineer Level III: $150,000 - $180,000
• Staff Avionics Engineer Level IV: $170,000 - $200,000

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS   Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 15 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, free catered meals