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About Vast

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using a hardware-rich, 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. Vast Satellite, a high-power satellite product line, leverages space station components and Haven Demo heritage.

The Role

You will be a Power Electronics Engineer reporting to the Manager, Power Electronics, supporting development of systems for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. This is a full-time, exempt position in Long Beach, California.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of power 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 to implement functions such as power conversion, load switching, hot-swapping, power conditioning, inrush control, over-current fault detection, and more.
• 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.
• 2 years of experience in developing power electronics.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk and making design decisions with incomplete data.
• Experience working in collegiate project teams (e.g. Formula SAE, Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and/or professional experience with instrumentation and data acquisition (e.g. SPICE, SQL, National Instruments hardware).
• Software programming experience: Matlab, Python, C/C++.
• Experience with vehicle and instrumentation buses such as Ethernet, CAN, SPI, and I2C, as well as serial I/O (RS232/422/485).
• Experience with full-lifecycle product development.
• Experience designing electronics for spaceflight environment, verifying workmanship and operability through environmental test (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, TVAC).
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup where you will help create and optimize key systems and processes.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing, due to access to items subject to U.S. export controls.

Compensation

• Power Electronics Engineer II: $112,340-$159,468
• Senior Power Electronics Engineer: $137,760-$195,552
• Base salary varies by experience, education, skills, and market demand.

Full-time employees receive company equity and comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off (20+ days vacation for exempt staff, 10+ days for non-exempt with cash-out option); paid parental leave; short and long-term disability and life insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; ClassPass credits; mental healthcare through Spring Health; free snacks, coffee, cold drinks, and dinner; subsidized lunch.