Senior Electronic Parts Engineer Verified today
About the role
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 report to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC and support the development of systems required for design and build of human-rated space stations and high-power satellite buses.
What you will do
- Develop, deploy, and operate Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts Control Plan for Vast's human-rated space station and high-power satellite bus programs
- Tailor from industry standards such as EEE-INST-002, NASA-STD-8739.11 for balancing high reliability, low cost, and development rate of Vast avionics products
- Manage Vast EEE Parts Database for vendor and part screening and part qualification, and monitor against industry standard resources such as GIDEP, SiliconExpert, Z2Data
- Advise design engineers on electronic part selection and design for reliability, including FMECA/PFMECA and reliability design of experiments
- Support component failure analysis through processes such as NDA, DPA, X-Ray, CT Scan, SEM, Cross-Sectioning
- Foster strong interdisciplinary relationships with teams across Vast Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain
- Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline and 5+ years of experience working in an engineering role; or Associate's Degree in related discipline and 12 years of relevant experience
- Deep understanding of electronics piece parts for space applications
Preferred skills and experience
- Master's Degree or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline
- Prior experience in electronic parts, semiconductors, or electrical systems design role
- Experience with electronic component selection, derating, and reliability analysis for space applications, including familiarity with standards such as EEE-INST-002, NASA-STD-8739.11, MIL-HDBK-217F, and ECSS/ESA standards
- Software development experience in MATLAB, Python, especially for database programming and data analytics
- Knowledge of radiation effects on components (TID, SEE) and experience developing and advising on radiation test and mitigation plans
- Experience with electronics survivability including electrostatic discharge (ESD)
- Understanding of configuration management, requirements traceability, and quality assurance practices for electronics components in space engineering environment
- Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to teach people of varied education and industry backgrounds about survivability
Additional requirements
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
- Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
Compensation
Base salary: $112,340-$230,472 USD (varies by experience and demonstrated capability). Full-time employees receive company equity and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage; 20+ days vacation for exempt staff; paid parental leave; short and long-term disability; life insurance; 401(k) plan; ClassPass credits; mental healthcare through Spring Health; free snacks, coffee, cold drinks, and dinner; subsidized lunch.
Employment requirements
This is a full-time, exempt position located in Long Beach, California. You must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 (U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, or asylee/refugee with status granted) to access export-controlled information and items.