Senior Electrical Design Engineer

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.

Reporting to the Director, Avionics, the Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Avionics will support the development of systems required for designing and building artificial‑gravity human‑rated space stations.

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

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of 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.

• Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software.
• Ability to creatively solve problems and assess 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.

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time to support launch campaigns.

• Senior Electrical Design Engineer: $137,760 – $195,552
• Staff Electrical Design Engineer: $162,360 – $230,472

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, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and…