Electrical Design Engineer, Avionics Verified today
About the role
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure. Haven Demo became the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft in 2025. Haven-1 is expected to launch in 2027 as the world's first commercial space station, followed by additional modules. Vast Satellite is a high-power satellite product line using space station components.
You will work as Electrical Design Engineer, Avionics, reporting to the Senior Director, Electrical Engineering. This is a full-time, exempt position in Long Beach, California.
What you will do
- Act as responsible engineer for flight hardware from conception through build, qualification, flight integration, and 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.
- Support mission operations by providing real-time input during flight, completing data reviews, monitoring hardware performance, and working with partners to simplify avionics operation.
- Work with experts across teams and departments to ensure fielded systems perform their function while being efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.
- Define acceptance testing and qualification requirements for new and existing hardware, perform development and qualification testing, and formally document test results.
- Travel to launch sites for testing and operations (up to 10% travel).
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline.
- 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.
Preferred skills and experience
- Experience with PCBA design and Altium or similar software.
- Ability to creatively solve problems and assess risk.
- Understanding of 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).
- 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.
Compensation
Pay Range by level (California):
- Electrical Design Engineer I: $103,000 - $122,220
- Electrical Design Engineer II: $112,340 - $159,468
- Senior Electrical Design Engineer: $137,760 - $195,552
Base salary varies by 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, cold drinks, and dinner; and subsidized lunch.
Export control requirement
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls. You must be a "U.S. person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.