Senior Manufacturing Engineer, ECLSS

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, ECLSS Own the manufacturing readiness and production execution of ECLSS hardware from prototype to flight hardware

Location:

Long Beach, California, United States

Compensation: $137, USD / year

Job Tags:
Hardware

Vast is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, to support the development, production, and integration of the systems required for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

• Own the manufacturing development, production readiness, and build execution of environmental control and life support system hardware for our artificial-gravity space station
• Develop, mature, and optimize manufacturing processes for ECLSS components and assemblies, from prototype builds through production and flight hardware
• Partner closely with design engineering to ensure hardware is manufacturable, reliable, inspectable, and scalable from early design trades through final production
• Create and maintain manufacturing plans, work instructions, assembly procedures, inspection plans, and production documentation
• Drive hands‑on fabrication, assembly, integration, and test activities in a fast‑paced hardware development environment
• Identify and resolve production issues through root cause analysis, failure investigation, corrective actions, and continuous improvement
• Lead design‑for‑manufacturing and design‑for‑assembly reviews internally and with suppliers
• Own manufacturing schedules, build sequencing, and production execution for assigned ECLSS hardware from early development through launch vehicle integration
• Work with technicians, quality, supply chain, design engineering, test engineering, avionics, software, and mission operations teams to ensure successful system integration
• Support supplier development and manufacturing readiness for externally produced components and assemblies
• Evaluate and implement manufacturing techniques for metallic, fluid, thermal, and soft‑goods hardware, including machining, welding, brazing, tube bending, cleaning, bonding, and assembly
• Bring technical rigor, ownership, and continuous improvement to all aspects of manufacturing engineering

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science discipline
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or hardware development for fluid, thermal, environmental control, or life support systems
• 3+ years of hands‑on hardware experience supporting fabrication, assembly, integration, and/or testing
• Experience developing manufacturing processes, work instructions, build plans, or production documentation for complex hardware

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline.
• Experience supporting production or build execution for aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, ECLSS, thermal, fluid, or other high‑reliability hardware
• Strong experience with design for manufacturing and assembly, production readiness, process development, and manufacturing risk reduction
• Proactive problem‑solving skills, including failure analysis, root cause investigation, corrective action implementation, and design of experiments
• Ability to perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals to make clear recommendations with partial information
• Experience with rotating machinery, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, fans, separators, or other fluid system components
• Experience with soft goods, flexible ducting, seals, insulation, or other non‑metallic flight hardware
• Experience with NX
• Solid understanding and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, tolerance stack‑up analysis, and inspection planning
• Experience with structural analysis methods, including hand calculations, FEMAP, or ANSYS, to evaluate manufacturability, strength, life, and fracture considerations
• Knowledge of metallic and fluid system manufacturing techniques, processes, equipment, and special processes, including machining, welding, brazing, tube…