Vast develops commercial space stations to support sustained human activity, research, and manufacturing in low-Earth orbit and beyond.
<div class="content-intro"><p>At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for an <strong>Integration Build Engineer,</strong> reporting to the <strong>Manager, Integration</strong>, to support the development of the systems required for the build and test of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.</p> <p>This will be a <strong>full-time</strong>, <strong>exempt </strong>position located in our <strong>Long Beach </strong>location. </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Support operations with Integration Technicians and supporting Engineering REs</li> <li>Be a permanent engineering presence to ensure operations are unblocked and to find solutions to keep work moving if blockers or Non Conformances arise</li> <li>Plan, schedule, prepare, coordinate, direct, and exercise functional authority for completion of tests</li> <li>Collaborate with the distributed engineering organizations to define and manage test plans, requirements, and schedules.</li> <li>Ensure integration procedures are continuously evolving to reflect the most efficient assembly practices</li> <li>Develop, qualify, and refine manufacturing processes to meet all requirements including safety, quality, efficiency, and delivery</li> <li>Collaborate with other engineers, subject matter experts, and technicians to solve complex production issues</li> <li>Act as test director and provide status updates and run handoff and other tagups</li> <li>Document and provide resolution to non-conformances and collaborate with the quality team to implement root cause corrective actions</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, electrical, or similar field</li> <li>4+ years of related engineering experience</li> <li>Hands on hardware integration and testing experience</li> <li>Experience with working with technicians and running multi person operations</li> <li>Experience writing test plans, procedures, presentations, and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Skills & Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>6+ years of related engineering experience</li> <li>Experience with the build, assembly, integration, or test of complex assemblies and systems</li> <li>Familiarity with Linux and Python environments</li> <li>Ability to make independent judgments with limited information</li> <li>Experience writing test plans, procedures, and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale</li> <li>Experience planning and executing vehicle level system verifications, leak checks, or environmental tests</li> <li>Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction</li> </ul> <p><strong>Additional Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ability to travel up to 50% of the time</li> <li>Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones</li> <li>Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted</li> <li>Specific certifications, as appropriate</li> </ul> <p><strong>Pay Range:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Integration Build Engineer II: $112,300 - $159,450</li> <li>Senior Integration Build Engineer: $137,760 - $195,550</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Pay Range: California</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$112,300</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$195,550 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p style="line-height: 1;"><strong>COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS<br></strong><br>Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.</p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><strong><br>U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS<br><br></strong>The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/section-120.62">22 C.F.R. § 120.62</a> or otherwise