Senior Welder and Fabrication Technician

Overview

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, 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 developing the Haven Station program to enable permanent human presence in space by 2030.

Our team is 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.

Senior Welder - 2nd Shift reporting to the Shop Floor Supervisor - 2nd Shift
, to support the development of the systems required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This is a full-time
, non-exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

2nd Shift

Hours:

2:00 PM to 10:30 PM

• Weld the Haven Structure for Human spaceflight
• Operate mechanized and robotic welding equipment
• Ability to quickly fabricate, weld tooling to support Haven
• Inspect fabricated parts for geometry acceptance and weld conformance
• Fit, form parts, and clean parts as required and setup welding equipment in preparation for welding
• Perform Class A quality Aluminum weld
• Diagnose weld defects and suggest corrective actions, both in repair and process optimization
• Work with Engineering to improve tools and problem solve
• Material handling of raw goods and finished weldments
• Experience with a wide variety of metal fabrication equipment such as vertical bandsaw, sanding equipment, capability to efficiently set up jig tables

• 5+ years of experience with Class A TIG
• 5+ years of experience with fabrication and forming
• Experience reading engineering blueprints
• Ability to follow written and verbal instruction
• Familiar with x-ray technicians and other NDT techniques
• Automated/robotic welding experience (Preferred VPPAW)
• Self-starter, highly motivated working in a fast-paced department
• 5+ years with Class A aerospace welding

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted

Pay Range:
California
$45.10 — $64.02 USD

Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of benefits and perks, including medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and other employee perks.

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.

Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.