Electronics Engineer, Battery Verified today
About Vast
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure. Haven Demo's 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Haven-1 is expected to become the world's first commercial space station when it launches in 2027. The company is headquartered in Long Beach, California, with over 1,000 employees and more than a billion dollars in private capital.
The Role
You will be a Battery Electronics Engineer II, reporting to the Power Lead, supporting development of systems for human-rated space stations.
This is a full-time, exempt position in Long Beach.
Responsibilities
- End-to-end ownership of battery electronics specification, architecture, simulation, schematic capture, PCB design, mechanical packaging design, board-level bring-up and validation, environmental qualification, and integrated system-level validation
- Design circuits for battery voltage and current sensing, charge balancing, isolation and fault detection, power conversion, load switching, hot-swapping, inrush control, and over-current fault detection
- Perform failure modes and effects analyses and drive reliability design and validation plans at the system level
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field completed or expected by June 2026
- 2+ years of experience developing electrical hardware
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience in battery electrical systems
- Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk with incomplete data
- Experience in collegiate project teams (Formula SAE, Hybrid Electric Vehicle) or professional experience with instrumentation and data acquisition (SPICE, SQL, National Instruments hardware)
- Software programming experience: Matlab, Python, C/C++
- Experience with vehicle and instrumentation buses: Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C, RS232/422/485
- Full-lifecycle product development experience
- Electronics design for spaceflight environments, including environmental testing (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, TVAC)
- Strong accountability, integrity, and written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup
Additional Requirements
- Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones
Compensation
- Battery Electronics Engineer II: $112,000 to $159,000
- Senior Battery Electronics Engineer: $137,000 to $195,000
Base salary varies based on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Full-time employees receive company equity and benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off (20+ days for exempt staff); paid parental leave; short and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; ClassPass credits; Spring Health mental healthcare; free snacks, coffee, cold drinks, and dinner; and subsidized lunch.
Export Control Compliance
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls. You must either be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, and asylees and refugees with such status granted (not pending).