Mission Assurance Engineer Verified today
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach. 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.
You will join the Flight Safety & Mission Assurance team in Long Beach, California, as a Mission Assurance Engineer reporting to the VP of Flight Safety & Mission Assurance. You will support the development of systems required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate launch readiness and verify the system is ready for flight
- Drive technical understanding and closure of identified risks
- Assess and communicate risks to executive leadership and external stakeholders
- Support technical reviews of software, hardware, and operations products
- Verify testing, deliverables, and review activities are complete
- Participate in critical space station operations, real-time anomaly investigations, and major root cause investigations; drive corrective actions, author reports, and communicate lessons learned
- Coordinate mission data review
- Build a culture of safety and mission assurance
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering, mathematics, physics, or related technical discipline
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Familiarity with system safety, reliability, risk management, certification, change management, systems engineering methodologies, and hazard analysis
- Experience throughout the engineering lifecycle: design, build, operations, sustainment, and decommission
- Technical leadership experience
- Proven ability to lead through influence and exercise expert judgment
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, fluid schematics, and electrical circuit diagrams
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate technical information to non-technical partners
- Ability to form relationships with experts from varying engineering fields and provide constructive feedback on safety and reliability concerns
- Extreme focus on mission success
Additional Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
Compensation
- Senior Mission Assurance Engineer: $159,900 - $226,980
- Staff Mission Assurance Engineer: $188,600 - $267,720
Base salary varies based on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Full-time employees receive company equity and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off (20+ days vacation for exempt staff); paid parental leave; short and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; ClassPass credits; mental healthcare through Spring Health; free snacks, coffee, and dinner; and subsidized lunch.
Employment Details
Full-time, exempt position located in Long Beach, California.
Export Control Compliance
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls and must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62. This includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, and asylees and refugees with such status granted (not pending).